gazelle vellum
Egypt
Source: Dosoo, K., & Galoppin, T. (Eds.). (2021). Magikon Zōon: Animal and Magic from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. pp. 515-534.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
gazelle skin
Evidence
"gazelle vellum used to write love or separation spells"
Remarks
The use of gazelle vellum for magical spells may reflect a demand for high-quality materials, comparable to instructions in older Greek magical papyri to use 'hieratic' quality papyrus (p. 520). The author notes that skin and bones as writing surfaces were combined with the recurrent sense of objects of animal origin being charged with the power of the creature (p. 520).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Textual analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper TypeParchment
RegionEgypt
Source Information
AuthorDosoo, K., & Galoppin, T.
CollectionP. Bad. V 123
Language
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