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Zanasi-Li Volsi 6

Owning institution

Private collection of Giuseppina Zanasi, Rome

Typology

Scroll

Copying date

19^th–20^th century, dated on a paleographical basis.

Title

Protective prayers against diseases

Subject

Prayers, Healing

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

1) Ṣälot bäʾǝntä mäsṭəmä aganənt wäʿäynätä Barya (“Prayer for drowning the demons and against the [evil] eye of the Barya”)

Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወውልድ፡ (!) ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፡ ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ መስጥመ፡ አጋንንት፡ ወዓይነተ፡ ባርያ፡ ኢሰከይና፡ ደር፡ ደር፡ መያጦር፡ ከሸፋን፡

2) Ṣälot zäqəddus Susnəyos bäʾǝntä asässǝlo däwe ǝmḥǝḍanat (“Prayer of St Susnəyos for removing diseases from suckling infants”)

Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ሱስንዮስ፡ በእንተ፡ አሰስሎ፡ ደዌ፡ እምኅፃናት፡ እለ፡ ይጥብዉ፡ ጥበ፡ እሞሙ፡ ዓዲ፡ ይበቍዕ፡ ለበእሲት፡ ጽንስት፡ ዘኢየሀይዉ፡ ላቲ፡ ውሉዳ፡ ትጽሐፍ፡

3) Ṣälot bäʾǝntä ḥǝmamä ʿäynät (“Prayer against the suffering [caused] by the [evil] eye”)

Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ሕማመ፡ ዓይነት፡ ወእንዘ፡ የሐወር፡ እግዚእ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ውስተ፡ ባሕረ፡ ጥብርያዶስ፡ ምስለ፡ ፲፪አርዳኢሁ፡ ወርእዩ፡ መልክአ፡ ብእሲት፡ አረጊት፡ ውስተ፡ አየር፡

Writing material

Parchment

Outer size

1626 x 83 mm

Number of strips

3

Sewing

The strips are joined together by means of small parchment strips.

Leather case

–

Layout

1 column

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

Decoration

On the first strip, at the top of text 1: an angel with a sword, coloured in black and red. The angel is followed by a panel made of squares and stylized human faces in black and red.

On the second strip: the “Net of Solomon”, consisting of nine squares with one central human face in the center, framed by four horns on the side squares. The image is coloured in black and red.

On the third strip, at the end of text 3: a black and red cross.

Individuals mentioned in the MS

A woman named Wälättä Muse, probably the owner of the scroll, is indicated at the end of the single texts.

State of preservation

Discrete.

Provenance and history

Unknown provenance.

The manuscript came into possession of the Zanasi-Li Volsi family at an unspecified time in the 20^th century.