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Abyssinian amulet, written for Walatta Māryām or Walatta Māryām Demḳā, and Walatta Ḳerḳōs

containing magical prayers and spells against the terrible Bāryā, a demon causing diseases of the belly, especially in women, and against other devils

by E. A. Wallis Budge

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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2 leaves : parchment, portrait 2 leaves : Ms Title from Bibliotheca Osleriana Amulet scroll written in Ge'ez, the sacred language of the Ethiopian church. It contains prayers and magic formulations to protect against disease Written on two strips of goatskin parchment, joined and previously rolled; written in red and black; with roughly decorated borders and an illustration of St. Michael; in a cloth case With a note by Sir E.A. Wallis Budge, 1921 Received conservation treatment, where it was humidified and unrolled to prevent cracking (conservator Terry Rutherford, July 2017)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Spells” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the description, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· via Internet Archive
    • “Spells”· in subtitle
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Spells”· in edition subtitle

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containing magical prayers and spells against the terrible Bāryā, a demon causing diseases of the belly, especially in women, and against other devils

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1700-01-01T00:00:00Z[17--]——Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: McGill University Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: medicalheritagelibrary; toronto
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internet-archive:McGillLibrary-osl_abyssinian-amulet_BibOsl7509-21406
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