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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    1. £ Solomon's net', a prayer for catching devils. Beginning : HiV7 • . . . A£-<J«*bA i ■ . . . . 2. Prayer against blacksmiths and devils, 6an/<x and legeivon : Oft : . . . KI-JHl • ?JV? ■ (S^ur? O Ji^-ftil? > ' wfr'H'l/);)1!. t . . . he*1 - s hn<;u'o»- : mKr/'Y,?'' A^-n^ s ch* a^/> >'/'{• s Mi-.e? ■ nA»«Prh?° s rt9°h •... ain-u •• hti^fr •> }xr\ht\\\ \\«»- * (\c? * (Dhpiir^ -> whopi mh.m wh- * in s n-ach • [ ]. 3. Prayer against devils: * (7 times) 'a^h.^ * (7 times) . . . h«» : )u&4v:a- : mi s to^pih - tii ach s [ ]. 4. Prayer against the designs of devils: (l^CiJn « fi?°li * HC7/C i ^frc?^- .• Afc/m-/' s . . . X\a» : ^J^'/V.O- : Ml : VT-A- s Wfplh ' A'i'O/. s MH.ft'fl/h.G s [ J. 5. Prayer against blacksmiths. Title and beginning: Aft*7 •• . . . ftA-^h « n^vf- s v^a « Mt/«°7 : n^>A «<t»<vi/:.... 6. Beginning of a prayer against devils, black barya, dash, and [...]: AVI : h^tAl - • • • s Vmfcf « Mfatl « hCA^fi s s h^Ti* 'hh-f l * w7\<rnc? * fcA/'V'/ s £A5i i <d[. . . . Four coloured magical pictures. The name of the first owner is erased and replaced by Gabra Sollase. Bought in 1931. XVII Nineteenth century. Vellum. 80 mm. X 120 mm. 92 folios. One column. 15-19 lines to a page. Poor handwriting. Black and red ink. Binding—wooden boards covered with linen. No. 52283. This manuscript contains numerous treatises of divination (hasab), magical prayers, and magico-medical prescriptions. Go'oz and Amharic. 1 (ff. 3r.-41r.). Hasaba kdwakdbt ' Calculation of the stars ' composed of 12 chapters corresponding to the signs of the zodiac. Cf. Griaule, ' Notes 29-31. 2 (f. 41r.-v.). Hasab ' Calculation ' of the sick (,hAfl ' fatm-V* * n&^rWh « (o\\h.^'f'fh A hasaba Jpmum is edited in Griaule, £ Notes ', 28-9, a few others in Hatdta mdnafdst, pp. 205, 210, 212, and 213. 3 (f. 41v.). Hasab to know the reason for which someone dies (m-t-h^C •• 4 (ibid.). Hasab of the ill (rhAfl : Rw-p, ••). Cf. Hatdta mdnafdst, p. 204. 5 (ibid.). Hasab to know the disease affecting someone (rhAO : n-i-YxT'C ^«7fm« s AA-fl?» :). 6 (f. 42r.). Hasab of beer (*h4fl > 04 *)• 7 (ibid.). Prescription for a sterile woman (AY> s). 8 (ibid.). Hasab of fate (thrift * ■). Cf. Hatdta mdnaf9st, p. 200. 9 (f. 42v.). Hasab of wealth and poverty (rhAn : »fl?iA « :). 10 (f. 43r.). Hasab of a lonely woman (,hAfl ' ■flKiX^' :