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SUMMARY:Compiling Magic: the Scribe at Work
DESCRIPTION:For the past seven years I have been reediting\, translating\, and studying the magical handbooks from Roman Egypt preserved on papyrus. A magical formulary is a collection of instructions for the performance of different spells and rituals\, generally designed for private use. These “recipe” books systematize traditions of knowledge developed to deal with a wide range of everyday human concerns. Such instructions for ritual procedures (praxeis) are not usually considered alongside other genres considered more “scientific\,” such as medical\, astronomical\, and mathematical­ compilations.  In fact\, “ambitious magical formularies” are similar to these genres in their effort to compile and organize technical knowledge and have the invaluable advantage of surviving in the form of a considerable corpus of papyri\, allowing us to observe scribal practices of compilation and transmission. In this paper I will present a methodology to uncover and understand these ancient practices of compilation – storage\, standardization\, manipulation and presentation– derived from scribal observation in the magical formularies. \nClick here for the Zoom registration link 
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eileen Robinson":MAILTO:eileenrobinson@princeton.edu
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