Prayer Scroll
Inscribed prayer scrolls were worn as protective devices. They contained prayers against evil and to request wishes as diverse as luck in love, relief from headaches, and the protection of domestic animals. This scroll was copied beautifully in an early nineteenth-century hand...
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Artifact
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91238
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object
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stage
normalized
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provenance
Given to Rev. R. K. Le Fleur, ca. 1970 (?); given to Walters Art Museum, 2014.
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rightsUri
CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
4
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import
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Terms
Medium
ink and paint on parchment
Genre
scrolls