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- [1900] (Creation)
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1 item
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Unknown
Archival history
Presented to the College Library by Roy Dobbin. Dobbin gives the following information about this item, although the reliability is unknown: 'This Ethiopic manuscript was the property of a priestly medical man in Abyssinia. In cases of sickness he opened the book at any page and where he put his finger on the page was the remedy. The book itself has no medical matter in it, I believe. The monk who used it was a quack and had no medical training whatever...It was not for long in his hands.' (Ref: B6/32).
GB 1538 S99 [1900] Collection (fonds) 1 item Unknown
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Presented to the College Library by Roy Dobbin. Dobbin gives the following information about this item, although the reliability is unknown: 'This Ethiopic manuscript was the property of a priestly medical man in Abyssinia. In cases of sickness he opened the book at any page and where he put his finger on the page was the remedy. The book itself has no medical matter in it, I believe. The monk who used it was a quack and had no medical training whatever...It was not for long in his hands.' (Ref: B6/32).
Transferred to the College Archives in April 2008.
Manuscript book of semi-magical prayers in Ge'ez.
Single item
Ge'ez
Bound volume, [gazelle] skin pages, with wooden board binding. Kept in a double leather bag called a 'mahdar' with a strap, presumably for hanging the item.
No additional finding aids.
Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Jul 2008 Magic Theology Religious doctrines Religious texts Prayer books Mysticism Ethiopia East Africa
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred to the College Archives in April 2008.
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Manuscript book of semi-magical prayers in Ge'ez.
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Single item
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Ge'ez
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English