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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    8. Prayer against colic. Title and beginning : ftA-fr : flJ/J'f- • ^too ' QCQ^r « Four coloured magical pictures. The name of the original owner is erased and replaced by Gabra Iyasus. Bought in 1924. VI Eighteenth-nineteenth century. Vellum. 1,275 mm. X 80 mm. Scroll composed of two strips, a third being missing (traces of sewing). Rather tall, thin, and careful handwriting. Black and red ink. Preserved in a cylindrical leather container. Written on recto and verso. No. 88614. Recto 1. Prayer for binding devils by the virtue of the secret names pronounced by the king Alexander before Gog and Magog; against demons, devils, barya and legetvon, colic, migraine, magganna, and pleurisy, qoqolay and sotdlay, qawza and wdrzdlya, daban ansa, mcinso, and farayal. Title and beginning : nfi» :... ft/Hh s tth'i v ■ Vfliv. - h:m* s nwic i KCtin&'i: > • abRov « : IDOi^} : J^-JH s frftfr : frfrq: s >. ftfC s . . . s (D+ft&fr : 0>AftA- « [sic] .... 2. Prayer for binding Satan. Title and beginning: nft«/» s . . . lift « fr7H.M1*fi.C s -flCV* a ft*/*-/- s nb/^C * AClWi hh^* * 2£A s Hfl^ « SfX^ « fcffi:^ ■ 3. Prayer for undoing charms, maftdhe hray. Title and beginning: flft* •• 4. Prayer against vaginal haemorrhage and against spontaneous abortion. Title and beginning: i\t\<'» : . . . ftA»-f* : £9° ' QlpT* * hlTC « °'\VC « . . . \\llh : 0(\ '• *T.£ s Ah^^h s [ ] H£;Whh « ^thd'i ' Afc.A*f (I.T Verso 5. Prayer against barya and rheumatism. Title and beginning : ([(\ao . . . KA^ s n^^* s rV7» : OOP s CD^CT?^ « JWAA * A<£AA « fc«SihA « . . . . 6. Prayer for expelling devils. Title : Hft£-i* ■ hptlfr ■ h7rt ■ £fi ■ °1*1&,A ■ A.#«u-: A^AMl* ■ (uWiAt'' i Afc.PT>> ■ 7. Prayer against legewon by the virtue of the names of the nails of the Cross. Title and beginning: ftA-Th ■ Mtf-f- ■ A/iP? « Ch-ft ■ HMA-n « An * <DfK6i9° • °tb^rr\r * at&oox'h >. \\oo .. j^AA-^ 8. Salam to Phanuel, the expeller of devils. Beginning : rtA^°[«A]h « MP* » < 4-V-^A ■ AMH.^'flrh.C « ffC^ Six coloured magical pictures. Two owners are named : Hadare (?) Maryam and Walatta Mika'el.