Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine in London / [compiled] by Stefan Strelcyn.

  • Stefan Strelcyn
Date:
[1972]
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Credit: Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine in London / [compiled] by Stefan Strelcyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (v'l 'icl ? a»p*? avh/*F:l ■ ant-Ate' ■ a»u>c$l '• \v b]h.:l':!VA}' ' ill • '/^ ■ mr'P'l s tih:lh s [ J. Two coloured magical pictures. Trie owner was Walatta Maryam. Bought in 1932. XII Nineteenth century. Vellum. 715 mm. X 120 mm. Medial strip of a longer scroll. Large, mediocre handwriting. Black and red ink. No. 36971. 1. Prayer against malicious demons and evil spirits, barya, legewon, ndgdrgar, the demon of the noon, dash, gudale, mdrmdg, mdc, mdtat, mdgganna, pleurisy, /era, malarial fever, bddbdd, cdndfdr, fdgen, .plaivdgi, buda, dgd sdbd\ chest pain, colic, migraine, rheumatism, 'ayndt, nddoft, zar, tdgrida, tdlawas, sdra'el, black- smiths—male and female, and diviners—male and female. The beginning is missing: . . .] h^hh p,''l-f»a>ih hpH* * ?^pl ataoqqiiifr .• ch-<V> * <\C? ' (Dfoin Y\cpc ■ m;)>;} ■ ihtlc ■ £fih ■• coi^a, .• m^c^i^ ■ <r'H'Wr^:i' 3 aop** : arhl\9n:b ■ 606* * ml?,?: : <afra$; : aW/d.C « Wf m?-cMiriA-]i\'^ « (DKZ s (D: f\h^:l'\\ : [ ]. 2. Prayer against migraine. Title and beginning: ft^W* dhl-i- • th0?** ' 3. Prayer against chest pain. Title and beginning: « OVJ-f* ' ll\axUin (D-ilfr '• T'&yFix The end is missing. Two coloured magical pictures. Three consecutive owners are named: Sabana Giyorgis, Walatta >§ollase, and Walatta (?) Hoywat. Taken at Magdala in 1868. Possibly originally belonging to the same scroll as No. XIII. Bought in 1915. XIII Nineteenth century. Vellum. 600 mm. X 117 mm. Last strip of a longer scroll. Large, mediocre handwriting. Black and red ink. Preserved in a cylindrical case of leather. No. 36970. 1. End of a prayer against chest pain:. . . ] • 1\T\i\l<,u •• f»-TV'I- Ah«»-1~h • [ ]. 2. Prayer against colic. Title and beginning: ftA-^ s fihl'f* •• teco^ * 3. Prayer against malicious demons, and against the evil eye of men and women, of Christians, Muslims, and Jews, of white and black people, of Satan, devils, buda, dgd sdbd\ blacksmiths, dobbi and dobbit, dini and danit (?), qdmdnna and mwartdnna. Beginning: «ML : }\('TiVi\\\'\V'n' hpfi^t '• V?pl - . . . ffl 'ld •• W • -tiltxCh : m-itfxCiM-] . . . • YiCl\±?<7<Z • a>°i£>ti ' hix^V. * * h^u n s