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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    6. Prayer against vaginal haemorrhage, barya, and legewon: nfi^ * . . . nrio»-: Whitih-ntKc • ha * ... ^Pt\ • fcuf-ft = ... *£W : \Tfont>° •• R9° - w(\Cf : a)fy,l9>'} : A^^»+ ! &*7lO»'flrh,C « . . . . 7. Prayer against vaginal haemorrhage given by God to Eve. Title and beginning : fcA»ih: nJ^-f- 'V'7» : £9° : H£Va*h : A t » AJ»/P*> M\lh i\<h,C • di-l\ * (Dh'ntlh'ilduC •• 77 V . . . 8. Prayer against vaginal haemorrhage : ftA»*> : dhl't * &9° • 'tfiKfo •- £9° « lC,<V * AimCJbA : £9° s *>CT : . . . . 9. Another prayer against vaginal haemorrhage: XA^'Tf* ' fl?\7i* ' t^oo s ^ . jffip.'j . (3 times) . . . Mu- : ?°^c ' aWhH-f- ' £7 Aft^-f- MtLh-ftfoC •> [ b 10. Salam to Phanuel, the expeller of devils. Beginning : rtAS>° '• Ah •* MPV •• hpll* - : Ahlil.h ftfh.C J^tfCrh. I . . . . See Worrell, in, 113-14. Two coloured magical pictures, the second representing legeivon bound with a red cord (n\\0» ^°k^C h/lPI *)• Three consecutive owners are named: Woson Dassata, 3hta Maryam, and Walatta Mika'el. Taken at Magdala in 1868. Bought in 1915. II Eighteenth century. Vellum. 1,980 mm. X 95 mm. Scroll composed of two strips. Very clear handwriting. Black and red ink. No. 39213. 1. Prayer for protecting suckling infants and helping women, containing the legend of Susenyos. Title : HA «... i\t\<'° }\allU\ l\du: s (BWpt ftA~fc ' A3vS.fi : fat\W'(\ • (17x1+ ' fcAftA- s £<6 s lx<rhfitt '> Ilj'-IIM : AH^A.^ : . . . . See Worrell, I, 165-83, and n, 59-69 ; S. Grebaut, ' La legende de Sousneyos et de Werzelya d'apres le ms. ethiop. Griaule n° 297 ', Orientalia, NS, vi, 1937, 177-83 [297 corresponds to the acquisition number given by the Mission Dakar-Djibouti; this manuscript is MS fith. 542 (Griaule 234), see Strelcyn, BN-Griaule, pp. 146-7]. 2. Prayer against vaginal haemorrhage. Title and beginning: d(\ao s . . . KA-f*: n^-f- s fcno° [»] £.9° : t\(i*c : (3 times) 0*nc ' (3 times) hdc# (3 times) 3. Magical characters ; magical square. 4. Prayer against the evil eye, nadara, containing the legend of the witch seen by the Apostles on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Title and beginning : llrV' : . . . 'Afr-l- ' • V(»-7vU - ,h°lW ■ i WCA' ' (DIM ' RA : m%■ w7\'Hi t 5. Prayer against legeivon, by the virtue of the names of the nails of the Cross. Title: ll(V'» : . . . ftA-* • (iM-i- Wi : bn.Fl h •• HJ&AA-fl • An s Cl-Mx ' fl»^A9° : hdW* s . . . . 6. Prayer against chest pain containing a salam to the wound of the side with the names of the nails of the Cross. Title and beginning : nft^° ' . . . J^A-^ •• (\hl-t- : (D-nifr : MU : OAU : ' . . . AA9° AlOh * : [sic]