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Title
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Magical Writings
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Institution
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University Library, Cambridge
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Collection Title
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Ethiopian Manuscripts
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Creator(s)
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Unknown
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Description/Scope and Content
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This manuscript contains a compendium of magical and computational writings with a particular emphasis on astrological matters. Folio 3r contains an illuminated border with the “evil eye”.
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Date
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19th cent.
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Identifier
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Or. 1885
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Language
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Ethiopic language
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Extent
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104 ff. Leaf height: 19.5 cm, width: 12.7 cm.
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Collection Type
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Special Collection
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Level of Processing
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Catalogued - FIHIRST & digitised on CUDL
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Type of Materials/Format
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Codex. Binding Wooden boards, loose. Vellum
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Related Collections: Types of Materials
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Islamic Manuscripts - Ethiopian Manuscripts
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Presevation/Conservation concerns
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Digitised - fragile
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Provenance
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Ethiopia
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Copyright
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Out of copyright
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Donor Information
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Donated to Cambridge University by Armbruster, C. H. (Carl Hubert), 1874-1957 on 26 February 1907
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Notes
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Binding: Loose wooden boards. Water stained towards end. For more information contact the Near & Middle Eastern Specialist
