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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    ttm<np : t\p.c ' . . . See S. Grebaut, ' Priere magi que contre la pleuresie ', Aethiopica, n, 3, 1934, 87. 7. Another prayer against chest pain. Title and beginning : flft</» : . . . a/Hh ' dKi-t- ' fano*> ['•] ah<n°k>1- : HA?UA?° s &d.*l>0i i (IMUM0 \U&°i (\Vi ' 8. Prayer for expelling evil spirits, for persons possessed by demons, buda, fdlasa, zar, and tdgrida, against all diseases like chest pain, rheumatism, migraine, colic, mdthat, pleurisy, fdrq9qat, Sdqdssdqat, against the ddci sabd' and the pla wdgi. Title : nftw- * AAlfiA-lUa; • h (\ fl<V'»- • iihlUh-a^C • <»A£- : : fiKltLh-QfaC i ' ' ^Pil ' htlftl ' . . . 07*?-*: = hi\aMl+ '• ^Ah i . . . lb ' (\}\& s rt-fl?% i 0>ft*A ! s JE^^rtrt s tfA- : A«[»]-Yfl : MO A ' ffl-U ' ZfaH* * . . . . Three coloured magical pictures, the first representing Susenyos spearing the demon wdrzdlya. The name of the owner—Amina. Bought in 1916. Ill Eighteenth-nineteenth century. Vellum. 1,195 mm. x 70 mm. Scroll composed of two strips, lined—unusually—before writing. Small mediocre script. Black and red ink. No. 75099. 1. Prayer for binding devils by the virtue of the names of the nails of the Cross. Title : i\t\o» : . . . KA-3* • (\Ki-\- ■ nb»>t ■ A/m > ■ 0t.\e ■ m&lP'i C\vt\ •• a>ptt ' *'-t-C •• Afr>i ■ (D\ti\Xi\wi. H£rtA-fl s AO • <VflA • . . . . 2. Another prayer for binding devils. Title and beginning: ft(\an •• . . . hitth'Qfh.c - -ncn • ahr/-t* ■ *»\b»^ • AWntt • tf>AAr-m;f« * am* - 2£a • 3. Prayer for protecting suckling infants containing the legend of Susenyos (short version). Title : n<V> . . . fcA-^ * li&&tY ' (Vrt7f fl « fi?»7'f- ■ hhtxtr ' £*B ' Three coloured magical pictures. Two consecutive owners are named : Walatta Hanna Takku and Walatta Mika'el. Bought in 1931. IV Eighteenth century. Vellum. 2,065 mm. X 165 mm. Scroll composed of three strips. Current but careless script. Black and red ink. Two columns. The manuscript is preserved in a cylindrical case of leather. No. 1. 1. Prayer for undoing charms, maftdhe hmy. Beginning: (\t\o» . . . t.;J-^i : tyth&'t s (bis) 7\Ch?'} ' . . . . See Strelcyn, Prieres. 2. ' The drowner of devils ' maspma agandnt. Title and beginning: {\t\a° s . . . KA-* ' flVH- : o»tmaa hpYil' ' (Dfc&O)* tn-h-U ' Art-flA ' A-fl ' A^^[s|<DA^ ' A^-> ' «'>,&ti : fad : Wt' • . . . .