University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Roll 2059

Metadata

DS ID:

DS30111

Shelfmark:

Ms. Roll 2059

Title:

Ge'ez protective roll

Date:

1700s.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

gez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1

Former Owner(s):

Tasfa Seyyon Girata Sellase Walatta Haymanot Tewolde Berhan Block, Gordon A., Jr., 1914-1973

Gordon A. Block Junior WIKIDATA

Note:

Early ownership inscriptions: Tasfa Seyyon (original owner?), Girata (?) Sellase, Walatta Haymanot, Tawalda Berhan (from the description by Professor Ephraim Isaac).
Formerly owned by Gordon A. Block, Jr. (manuscript number Block 35).
Gift of Gordon A. Block, Jr., in memory of his mother Reba Fleisher Block (bookplate inside housing), 1966.

Keyword:

Prayers

prayer scrolls

Manuscripts, Ethiopic

Eighteenth century

Christianity

Ethiopia

Prayers and devotions

Traditional medicine

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9977997304203681

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania