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Rotlle màgic
Magic scroll
In Ethiopia, the ancient tradition of making healing and protecting amulets is still alive. Most of them are in the form of parchment scrolls containing prayers, quotations from the Holy Scripture, incantations and magic formulas written in Ge¿ez, the ancient language of Ethiopia. The texts are accompanied by magic pictures representing good and evil spirits, various amuletic figures and talismani…
Creator
- Etiòpia
Type of item
- magic scrolls
Medium
- parchment (animal material)
- Parchment
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Museu de Cultures del Món
Creation date
Places
- Ethiopia
Identifier
- MEB 267-437
- http://hdl.handle.net/10970/objects/H489152
Extent
- 190 x 9 x 4 cm
Format
- pintura sobre pergamí
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-04-13T14:57:57.711Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-04-13T14:57:57.711Z