• Garrett Ethiopic Magic Scroll No. 44

Description:
  • 3 pieces of parchment sewn together. 1 col., written in black with rubrics in a reasonable hand (4-5mm), framed within a linear border with traces of yellow wash. 4 well executed talismanic drawings.
  • Forms part of: Robert Garrett Collection of Ethiopic Magic Scrolls.
Date:
  • 1770-1830
Range label:
  • Logical
Donor:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Abstract:
  • Drawings:
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Publisher:
  • [Ethiopia], [between 1770 and 1830]
Subject:
  • Manuscripts, Ethiopic—New Jersey—Princeton
Language:
  • English
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/7p88cm87j
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Extent:
  • 1 item ; 2460 x 120mm
Call number:
  • Garrett Ethiopic Magic Scrolls, box 2, no. 44
Spatial:
  • New Jersey
Contents:
  • 1. Prayer and Legend of Susenyos
  • 2. Prayer against Evil Spirits Untitled. Comprises mostly magic or secret names (asmat).
  • 3. Prayer against Buda, Barya and Légéwon Untitled.
  • 4. Prayer against Shotälay and Shotälayt
  • 5. Prayer against Nädära "Which Is the Sickness of the Evil Eye of Evil Demons"
  • 6. Prayer against the Evil Eye of Barya
  • 7. Prayer against Colic
  • 8. Prayer against Blacksmiths
  • 9. Prayer against Rheumatism and (Chest) Pain
  • 10. Prayer against Plague (Or typhoid: Féra) and Fever
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection of Ethiopic Magic Scrolls box 2
Provenance:
  • Owner: Asʻädä Maryam (f.), occasionally with her father's name added, Haylä Maryam.
Location:
  • Special Collections Garrett Ethiopic Magic Scrolls, box 2, no. 44
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