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Inventory number |
2660 |
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Owning institution |
Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Rome |
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Typology |
Scroll |
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Copying date |
19th century, dated on a paleographical basis. |
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Title |
Protective prayers against demons and charm |
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Subject |
Prayers, Healing, Magic |
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Language |
Gǝʿǝz |
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Short description of the content |
1) Ṣälot bäʾǝntä maʾsärä aganǝnt Barya wäLegewon wäzar Buda (“Prayer against the demons Barya, the Legewon, the Zar, the Buda”) Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ማዕሠረ፡ አጋንንት፡ ባርያ፡ ወሌጌዎን፡ ወዛር፡ ቡዳ፡ ዓይነ፡ ወርቅ፡ ወዓይነ፡ ጥላ፡ ዓይነ፡ ቡዳ፡ ወቍራኛ፡ ወፍልፀተ፡ ርዕስ፡ መጋኛ፡ 2) Ṣälot bäʾǝntä ḥǝmamä Barya wäLegewon wäzar Buda (“Prayer against the suffering [caused] by the Barya, the Legewon, the Zar, the Buda”) Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ሕማመ፡ ባርያ፡ ወሌጌዎን፡ ወዛር፡ ቡዳ፡ መጋኛ፡ ወጉሥምት፡ ወፍልፀተ፡ ርዕስ፡ ውግዓት፡ ወቍርጥማት፡ ወስቅስቃት፡ 3) Ṣälot bäʾǝntä ḥǝmamä Barya wäLegewon ʿaynä säbʾ wäwǝgʿat (“Prayer against the suffering [caused] by the Barya, the Legewon, the [evil] eye of the men and the puncture pain”) Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ሕማመ፡ ባርያ፡ ወሌጌዎን፡ ዓይነ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወውግዓት፡ ምድምያስ፡ ምድምያስ፡ ምድምያስ፡ 4) Ṣälotä dǝngaḍe zäwähabo Ǝgziʾabəḥer läʾAddam amä täsäddä ǝmgännät (“Prayer of dismay, given by God to Adam when he was banished from the Garden”); Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎተ፡ ድንጋፄ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለአዳም፡ አመ፡ ተሰደ፡ እምገነት፡ ከመ፡ ኢይደንግፅ፡ ልቡናሁ፡ ቤማ፡ በቤማ፡ ሐሊዝ፡ 5) Ṣälotä dǝngaḍe zäwähabo Ǝgziʾabəḥer läNoḫ amä asməʿu dəmḍä aganǝnt (“Prayer of dismay, given by God to Noah when the demons made their clamor heard”); Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎተ፡ ድንጋፄ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለኖኅ፡ አመ፡ አስምዑ፡ ድምፀ፡ አጋንንት፡ እለ፡ ተአስሩ፡ በፈለገ፡ ኤፍራጥስ፡ 4) Ṣälotä dǝngaḍe zäwähabo Ǝgziʾabəḥer läMuse sobä mäṣʾa Färʿon nǝgusä Gəbṣ (“Prayer of dismay, given by God to Moses when the Pharaoh, king of Egypt, came”); Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎተ፡ ድንጋፄ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለሙሴ፡ ሶበ፡ መጽአ፡ ፈርዖን፡ ንጉሠ፡ ግብፅ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይደን<ግ>ፅ፡ ልቡናሃ፡ 1) Ṣälot bäʾǝntä mäftǝḥe śǝray (“Prayer for undoing charm”) Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ መፍትሔ፡ ሥራይ፡ አጀብጅን፡ አጀብጅን፡ አጀብጅን፡ ጀርቤላ፡ ጀርቤላ፡ ጀርቤላ፡ አላ፡ ሆላ፡ |
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Writing material |
Sheep parchment |
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Outer size |
2055 x 65 mm |
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Number of strips |
3 |
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Sewing |
The strips are joined together by means of small parchment strips. |
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Leather case |
See ‘State of preservation’. |
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Layout |
1 column |
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Scribe |
Unknown |
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Colophon |
– |
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Additional notes |
– |
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Decoration |
On the first strip, at the top of text 1: a polychrome angel with sword and scabbard (red, blue). The angel is surrounded by two bands, the upper one with interlacing lines and the lower one with eyes framed in three panels. The image is partly discoloured. On the second strip, at the top of text 2: a polychrome decorated cross (red, violet, black). The cross is surrounded by two bands, the upper one with interlacing lines and the lower one with eyes framed in three panels. On the third strip, at the top of text 4: “Net of Solomon”, consisting of a stylized human face framed by four horns and four panels with eyes on the sides. The image is polychrome (red, violet, black) and is surrounded by two bands, the upper one with interlacing lines and the lower one with eyes framed in three panels. |
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Individuals mentioned in the MS |
The name of Wälättä Täklä Haymanot is written in the main hand in the supplication formulas. She was probably the owner of the manuscript. |
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State of preservation |
Discrete. The scroll is kept in a small rectangular green box with the following trademark printed in silver: “Ladurée. Maison fondée en 1862. Paris” and the title “Rotolo magico Ms” written in pencil in Italian. |
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Provenance and history |
The scroll was acquired by the owning institution in January 2018 after being detained by customs in 2017. |
