Item Summary

Endnotes [various hands]: fidal (1st order syllabary) and number signs, together with a magic prayers, fol. 10r; commands for overcoming evil spirits, fol. 10v; magic figures and a prayer against rheumatism, fol. 46r-v; prayer against various ailments, fols. 46v-47v; various magical prayers, fols. 73r-77v.

Descriptive Information

Title
Collection of Magico-Medical and Divination Texts
Call Number
C0744.03 (Garrett Ethiopic Manuscripts no. 87s)
Identifier
https://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/0g354j97k
Publisher
[Ethiopia], [between 1830 and 1870]
Language
Geez
Date Created
1830-1870
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 item ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. Folio 3r-7v. Mirror of Solomon (Masʻhēta Salomon), a Magico-Medical Work Giving Various Prescriptions and Procedures, Partly in Amharic
2. Folio 7v-9v. Computation of Aristotle the Wise (Hassāba Tʻabib ʻArestʻātʻālis), A Magic Work for Overcoming Enemies
3. Folio 11r-46r. Computation of the Stars (Hassāba Kawākebt), an Astrological Work for the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, Partly in Amharic
4. Folio 48r-72r. Computation of Qalamsis (Hassāba Qalamsis), a Magico-Astrological Treatise
Notes
Parchment. 77 folios, 1 column, 18-22 lines. Wooden boards, stitched with open spine
Forms part of: Robert Garrett Collection of Ethiopic Manuscripts.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Ethiopic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
158

Institutional Information

Collection
Ethiopic Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/207b7c6f-7d22-41e7-ab43-5953b97e1586/manifest