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

  • Stefan Strelcyn
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[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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    Strelcyn, Prieres, 334; Rodinson, index, 193; 'aynd wdrq <vj&v s <»(:«> : II. 4 1 Goldauge, Gelbauge, Gelbsucht (?), Auge von Warq (?) Worrell, in, 131. Probably ' jaundice see Strelcyn, Medecine, I, 229, n. 7. But KBT, 999-1000, indicates: o£>*i •> mcJl> I . . . o&Y * ->lhC ' -Hi ' -Art- s Wf' •• « ' Someone who, staring [at a person] gives her a crimson complexion, is said to have an 'aynd wdrq [ golden eye ]. Also the sorcerer who writes prayers for the 'aynd ivdrq and the 'aynd tela [ eye of the shadow ] is called 'aynd wdrq '. 'ayndt <*£*-ih : V, 5; IX, 2, 13; XII, 1 ' evil eye ' which provokes, amongst others, a kind of eruptive disease called also 'ayndt, cf. Worrell, in, 138; Griaule, LR, pp. 11 and 12, n. 1; Strelcyn, Prieres, 334; idem, Medecine, i, p. 229 (TT 166) and n. 11; Rodinson, 36, 39, § 68. See also under 'ayn and ndddra. barya (\c? ■ I, 3, 6; III, 1; V, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6; VI, 1, 6, 7, 9, 10; VIII, 2, 3; IX, 1, 3, 4, 8, 13 ; XI, 2, 3 ; XII, 1; XIV, 1; XV, 1; XVI, 6. Lit.' slave The name of a black-skinned people. People believe that barya are serving the demon or the spirit provoking epilepsy and therefore barya is identified with this disease. For details see Strelcyn, Prieres, 331 and 346-7 ; KBT, 525 ; Griaule, LR, § lxii ; Strelcyn, Medecine, i, 560-5 (TT 1309-20). barya sdllim ' black barya' V, 4 is characterized as follows : . . . K*i V - (\Cf •• &(U9° s s H jf rt-nc : am i ,h/'> i wil.'f i\chf [sic] n^Ar a ... * you, black barya, who break the bones, who strangle the neck and who make people wake up jumping '; barya sdlliman, pi., VIII, 2; XI, 2; 'aynd barya ' the [evil] eye of barya ' XI, 3. bddbdd -fl£-fl£- : XII, 1; XVII, 31 ; cf. Worrell, in, 134 ; Strelcyn, Prieres, 332. It is the Ge'ez term corresponding to the Amh. cdnafdr (^*i&,c '•) ' pestilence, plague ', cf. Dillmann, col. 541 ; Grebaut, 191. KBT, 504, gives two other names of diseases as corresponding to bddbdd: wdba m(\ ■ malaria ' and nddad Tr%?: : ' malarial fever '. Another meaning, ' colic ', is given by the informant Aganahu on a M.C. card (1927): ' 'fl^'fl^- •• colic (= fym :) '. buda (M iH,8; III, 1; V, 2 ; VII, 10; VIII, 3; IX, 13; X, 3; XII, 1; XVII, 46 ' a being whose main characteristic feature is the evil eye; he possesses the victim by drinking her blood and eating her flesh '. For details see Griaule, LR, §§ i-v and pp. 139-42; Strelcyn, Prieres, 331-2; idem, Medecine, I, 754-5 (TT, index to MS C); Rodinson, 26, 58-9 et passim, see index, 191. 'aynd buda (WS : XIII, 3 ' the [evil] eye of buda '. cdnafdr ^V£C > XII, 1 ; XVII, 31 ' plague, pestilence ', see above under bddbdd and Strelcyn, Prieres, 332 ; idem, Medecine, i, 59 and 490-3 (TT 1090-5). ddbdn ansa &(\Tr * hlt\ * VI, 1, cf. Strelcyn, Prieres, 341-2, giving the following results of an inquiry : ' a kind of sorcerer; Guidi, col. 672 blacksmith , Guidi, Suppl, col. 194 tanner (Gondar).—T[aamrat] E[mmanuel] disputes