Scroll with Angels and Talismans

18th century (Modern)

8.1 cm 165.7 cm

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This scroll was created in the eighteenth century for a woman named Marta. Having once been possessed by a devil, she had this prayer scroll made as a way to ward off evil. Containing prayers against demons, as well as talismans and a depiction of a guardian angel (perhaps Pha...

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1715
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James St. Lawrence O'Toole [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1978, by gift.
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en
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10
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