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| − | The '''Stockholm Papyrus''', also known as the '''Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis''', is an alchemical manuscript written in ancient Greek dating from the third or fourth century AD. | + | The '''Stockholm Papyrus''', also known as the '''Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis''', is an alchemical manuscript written in ancient Greek dating from the third or fourth century AD. It consists of fifteen loose papyrus sheets which are roughly 30 cm long and 16 cm wide.<ref name="Caley">{{citation | last = Caley | first = Earle Radcliffe | authorlink = Earle R. Caley | year = 1927 | title = The Stockholm Papyrus: An English Translation with Brief Notes | journal = J. Chem. Educ. | volume = 4 | issue = 8 | pages = 979–1002 | doi = 10.1021/ed004p979}}.</ref> |
| − | The | + | The manuscript was part of a collection assembled by Johann d'Anastasy, Swedish vice-consul in Alexandria, Egypt. D'Anastasy's collection was sold to the Dutch government in 1828, and the Stockholm Papyrus was presented to the Swedish Academy of Antiquities in 1832.<ref name="Caley"/> It was neglected until 1906, when it was transferred to the Victoria Museum in Uppsala and studied by the Swedish philologist Otto Lagercrantz, who published the Greek text and a German translation in 1913.<ref>{{citation | first = Otto | last = Lagercrantz | title = Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis | publisher = Almquist and Wiksells | location = Uppsala, Sweden | year = 1913}}.</ref> An English translation was published in 1927.<ref name="Caley"/> |
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The Stockholm Papyrus, also known as the Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis, is an alchemical manuscript written in ancient Greek dating from the third or fourth century AD. It consists of fifteen loose papyrus sheets which are roughly 30 cm long and 16 cm wide.[1]
The manuscript was part of a collection assembled by Johann d'Anastasy, Swedish vice-consul in Alexandria, Egypt. D'Anastasy's collection was sold to the Dutch government in 1828, and the Stockholm Papyrus was presented to the Swedish Academy of Antiquities in 1832.[1] It was neglected until 1906, when it was transferred to the Victoria Museum in Uppsala and studied by the Swedish philologist Otto Lagercrantz, who published the Greek text and a German translation in 1913.[2] An English translation was published in 1927.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Caley, Earle Radcliffe The Stockholm Papyrus: An English Translation with Brief Notes. J. Chem. Educ. 1927, 4 (8), 979–1002. DOI: 10.1021/ed004p979.
- ↑ Lagercrantz, Otto Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis; Almquist and Wiksells: Uppsala, Sweden, 1913.
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See also the corresponding article on Wikipedia. |
- English translation from Caley (1927)
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