Healing Scroll / Artist Unknown, African, Ethopian Orthodox Ethiopia
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.159
- Title
- Healing Scroll
- Artist Nationality
- Ethiopian
- Medium and Support
- parchment, pigment on leather scroll
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Africa (continent)
- Ethiopia (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Ethiopia (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of F. Karel Wiest
- Dimensions
- 154.62 cm x 17.46 cm x 3.81 cm (60 7/8 in. x 6 7/8 in. x 1 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- narrative painting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Books and Folios
- Secondary Object Type
- leaf
- Physical Description
- Long narrow strip of parchment with writing in red and black pigment; image at top shows a face with large eyes in a square with eight radiating triangles (Solomon's Seal); image at bottom shows a winged figure holding a sword (archangel). Rows of eyes border the images.
- Subject Matter
- Healing scrolls combine prayers written in Ge'ez, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, with astrological and mystical symbols. They are made for individuals suffering from recurring illness and misfortune. Prepared by clerics called dabtara, scrolls are fashioned from parchment and extend the length of the patient. They are worn close to the body, rolled in a small, leather case, or hung near the bedside where the patient can gaze into its healing imagery.
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- christianity
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 158 KB
- Record
- 1981/2.159
- Link to this Item
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"Healing Scroll; Artist Unknown, African, Ethopian Orthodox Ethiopia." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1981-sl-2.159/1981_2.159.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.