Accession number
MS M.1137
Object title
Ethiopian prayer scroll (MS M.1137).
Display Date
19th century.
Created
Ethiopia, 19th century.
Credit line
Bequest of Leonard Hansen in honor of William M. Voelkle, 2004.
Description
1 scroll (3 sections sewn together, 1 col., 197 lines), unbound : vellum, ill. ; 2140 x 130 mm
Provenance
Copied for Walatta Śellāsē; Leonard J. Hansen (d. 20 September 2003); bequest of Leonard Hansen in honor of William M. Voelkle, 2004.
Notes
Ms. containing magical religious prayers; written and illuminated in Ethiopia, 19th century.
Decoration: 4 miniatures (1. at the beginning, 260 x 130 mm; 2. after line 68, beginning of 2nd section, 210 x 130 mm; 3. after line 149, beginning of 3rd section, 190 x 130 mm; 4. at the end, 160 x 130 mm) Eight-pointed star on a 3x3 chessboard pattern with the face of an angel, or a demon, in the center (1. with an eye in each angle; 3. with harpoon shape in each angle).
Texts: 1) (lines 1-41) Prayers for casting out evil spirits. 2) (lines 42-112) Prayers of Suseneyos against the evil spririt Werzeleyā (Ursula) who causes infant mortality. 3) (lines 113-198) Prayers to bind the evil spirit Šotalāy and others.
Decoration: 4 miniatures (1. at the beginning, 260 x 130 mm; 2. after line 68, beginning of 2nd section, 210 x 130 mm; 3. after line 149, beginning of 3rd section, 190 x 130 mm; 4. at the end, 160 x 130 mm) Eight-pointed star on a 3x3 chessboard pattern with the face of an angel, or a demon, in the center (1. with an eye in each angle; 3. with harpoon shape in each angle).
Texts: 1) (lines 1-41) Prayers for casting out evil spirits. 2) (lines 42-112) Prayers of Suseneyos against the evil spririt Werzeleyā (Ursula) who causes infant mortality. 3) (lines 113-198) Prayers to bind the evil spirit Šotalāy and others.
Script
Ethiopic
Language
Ge'ez
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