ID: 700009456 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009456	Record Type: Movable Work
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Healing Scroll (magic scroll; Amhara or Tigrinya peoples; 19th century; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 95.66)

Note: An Ethiopian scroll was part of a ritual healing process. It was created by a däbtära (an unordained cleric) to rid a person of physical illness caused by malevolent spirits. The parchment scroll is composed of three alternating panels of talismanic imagery and prayers selected according to the client’s zodiac sign. While däbtäras draw from a common pool of motifs to create scrolls, there is no fixed symbolic interpretation for any one talismanic design. The extreme length of this scroll—nearly six and a half feet—and the depiction of the archangel Phanuel in its central panel indicate that it was hung in a home. When displayed opposite a door, talismanic angels threatened any spirits who tried to enter.

Titles:

Healing Scroll (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,P)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

magic scroll [300264705] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>, scrolls (information artifacts))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

paintings

medicinal

Creation Date: 19th century

Creator Display:

Amhara or Tigrinya peoples [preferred]

unknown Amhara (Amhara cultural designation) [500202831]

unknown Tigray (Tigray cultural designation) [500475810]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Ityop'iya [7000489] Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 95.66

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, transferred from the Library

Display Materials: parchment (vellum), pigment

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: W. 6 x L. 78 in. (15.24 x 198.12 cm)

Cultures:

Ethiopian (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	angel (spirit) [300379004]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, spirits (beings)) (AAT)

	healing [300412111]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

	Archangel Phanuel [901002089]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Healing Scroll	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/307601

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) Windmuller-Luna, Kristen, accessed 18 June 2018