Ethiopian Scroll with the Lion of Judah

19th century

8.8 cm 151 cm

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This prayer scroll was written in the nineteenth century to protect its owner, Wäldä Giyorgis. The front of the scroll contains prayers against evil which invoke the help of the Archangel Phanuel, while the back contains prayers requesting things as diverse as luck in love, he...

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Joseph Dietrich, Alexandria, Virginia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Gene Guerny, Alrlington, Virginia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1997, by gift.
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