Ethiopian prayer scroll
Ms. containing magical religious prayers; written in red and black and illuminated in Ethiopia, end of the 19th century.
Decoration: 2 miniatures. 1) (at the beginning) Demon (?). Two-headed snake, forming a face with two eyes. 2) (at the end) Satan 1. Portrait, holding two human figures (man and women) by the neck.
Texts: 1) (col. 1, lines 1-22) Prayer to bind demons. 2) (col. 1, lines 23-58) Prayer to bind demons. 3) (col. 1, lines 59-102) Prayer to drown demons. 4) (col. 1, lines 102-142) Prayer against 'aynat sickness. 5) (col. 1, lines 142-159) Prayer against bāryā and 'aynat sicknesses. 6) (col. 2, lines 1-37) Prayer against evil spirits who cause all sorts of sickness. 7) (col. 2, lines 38-57) Prayer against one with budā, evil eye. 8) (col. 2, lines 58-87) Prayer against weg'āt illness, colic. 9) (col. 2; lines 88-118) Prayer against stomachache. 10) (col. 2, lines 119-156) Prayer against all sorts of evil spirits who cause different illnesses. 11) Prayer against stomachache, cf. above 4.