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Source Description
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, help with headaches, and the protection of domestic animals. Scrolls such as these would have been worn as protective devices, and were made the length of the owner in order to protect them from head to foot. With a length of 151 cm, it can be inferred that Walda Giyorgis stood just under 5 feet tall.
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Document identity
localId
12682
label
Ethiopian Scroll with the Lion of Judah
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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12682
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Ethiopian Scroll with the Lion of Judah
description
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, help with headaches, and the protection of domestic animals. Scrolls such as these would have been worn as protective devices, and were made the length of the owner in order to protect them from head to foot. With a length of 151 cm, it can be inferred that Walda Giyorgis stood just under 5 feet tall.
provenance
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.
date
19th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
scrolls
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
151
height
8.8
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 59 7/16 × W: 3 7/16 in. (151 × 8.8 cm)
Source extras
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Ethiopian
med
ink and paint on heavy yellow parchment
creator_ids
6264
collection_ids
ETH
exhibition_ids
1958
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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6eeb1c2e0ffb0b9b