Item Summary

Drawings:,Large grid of 9 squares with a central face and eye-motifs in the 4 corner squares, the remaining squares with transverse cross designs; the whole set between two checkerboard bands. (In ink with black, red, pale yellow and olive green color.),Guardian angel with drawn sword and 2 seraphim; the whole set between bands decorated with highly stylized face motifs. (In ink with black, red, pale yellow and pale green color.),Eight-pointed star design with central face and eye-motifs at the ends of each arm. (In ink with black, red, pale yellow and pale green color.),World serpent ("ourobouros") design of two serpents in a circle each biting the other's tail, framed within a square decorated above and below with a chevron pattern. (In ink with black, red, pale yellow and pale green color.),A fish (In ink and without color.)

Descriptive Information

Title
Garrett Ethiopic Magic Scroll No. 44
Call Number
Garrett Ethiopic Magic Scrolls, box 2, no. 44
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/7p88cm87j
Publisher
[Ethiopia], [between 1770 and 1830]
Language
Geez
Date Created
1770-1830
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 item ; 2460 x 120mm
Provenance
Owner: Asʻädä Maryam (f.), occasionally with her father's name added, Haylä Maryam.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. Prayer and Legend of Susenyos
2. Prayer against Evil Spirits Untitled. Comprises mostly magic or secret names (asmat).
3. Prayer against Buda, Barya and Légéwon Untitled.
4. Prayer against Shotälay and Shotälayt
5. Prayer against Nädära "Which Is the Sickness of the Evil Eye of Evil Demons"
6. Prayer against the Evil Eye of Barya
7. Prayer against Colic
8. Prayer against Blacksmiths
9. Prayer against Rheumatism and (Chest) Pain
10. Prayer against Plague (Or typhoid: Féra) and Fever
Notes
3 pieces of parchment sewn together. 1 col., written in black with rubrics in a reasonable hand (4-5mm), framed within a linear border with traces of yellow wash. 4 well executed talismanic drawings.
Forms part of: Robert Garrett Collection of Ethiopic Magic Scrolls.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Ethiopic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Ethiopic Manuscripts
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/fdd7a7e7-df7a-473f-909b-9024b09971d5/manifest