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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    VII Nineteenth century (?). Vellum, partly damaged and mounted with blue paper. 2,030 mm. X 130 mm. Scroll composed of three strips. Careful script. Black and red ink. Two columns. No. 88613. 1. Prayer for undoing charms, maftdhe hray. Title and beginning: l\tic° .... ft*V> « itfxil •• </»<s^7vh, = ' VUHx •• t\h-i\ ■ mwfr?: : (Dv»,d.t\ i fyfrtX : 2. ' Solomon's net', prayer for catching devils. Title : flft</» : . . . hd*!* •• (\to>Tl s USA\G<w a (ihP'n-> * h<r° * (CAUl-l- °k»i imfac * See S. Euringer, ' Das Netz Salomons ', Zeitschrift fur Semitistik, vi, 1928, 76-100, 178-99; vn, 1929, 68-85; and O. Lofgren, ' Athiopische Wandamulete Orientalia Suecana, xi, 1962, (pub.) 1963, 95-120, esp. pp. 109-18. 3. Prayer for undoing charms. Beginning: flfi«w> «... aga<Dg0»&h['£]^h « -t-d.frth. Zp9°f1i ' bb mo^acni^^T ' whctlfrPi . . . . 4. Prayer for binding devils by the virtue of the secret names pronounced by the king Alexander before Gog and Magog. Title and beginning: flfK'»: . .. av'Vri s hh><£ « W^IC ' . . . . 5. Prayer against devils: {\hn • . . . Q>lt\90£y\& ' l&A* • fcaoahfr t . . . : \V'vll s txCMw s hCh?~ tihteT'} s &£-4-£ .... d<f»0 •* (Bh^f ' Tx^e-d^ * hpTi* ' ATdCh * [ ]. 6. Prayer against blacksmiths, barya, legewon, chest pain, rheumatism, migraine, colic, zar, tdgrida, mdtliat, afdfta, and pleurisy: flfttf» «... <d£1L * wmi^ •• Kcvi^* Mu<afr.... » hr'ncp •• wa,t,?} wp* > &<t>Hvm:i .• [ ]• 7. Prayer against barya and legeivon containing the legend of Susenyos. Title : lift • . . . ftA-> « H^-f- * WV* : nc^ * GsfoiPl - wotr * (AXIxh. • tttio* * A-frtf-fl • 8. ' Solomon's net', prayer for catching devils. Beginning: flA</» : . . . 9. Prayer for anathematizing devils. Beginning: flfK/u : . . . ha^'htth- • t\?,<n(;:i« : nc.cj [.] mt^%ri • ah-a -> mm a?; ■ wwum - &&ti ■ arh^WH:\ 10. Prayer against the evil spirit, for people possessed by buda and barya, against dga sabd\ sorcerers, and magical action, against barya, legewon, chest pain, rheumatism, migraine, colic, magganna, and qwdranna. Beginning: nfK5 s ... [\hw s nMnh-a^c Mi... s hif^A « ... nif • hh^-i-» ^»Atl s MCbCl > hCil-f-Cl ' A,h-A i M+[»]*AM' •• . . . <DJ&9* « <*}&h , ch-fl s (D<l>H:0> • a°p*? : (D'l>^^ s hZ'Vr : Al-flCh s [ ] . . . ^A«f- « VOL. XXXV. PART 1. 3 :