Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Eight-pointed talismanic cross with face (a cherub?).

Face within saltire cross.

Owner: Adamé.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. I col., written in an angular hand in black with usual rubrics (faded). Wear and rodent damage on top edge. 3 talismanic drawings.

Drawings:

Guardian angel, identified as "bäyach" (?). The Owner's name, Hadya, is also written across the drawing, once inverted and once the correct way up.

Cross; again the name Hadya is written six times across the drawing, both inverted and the correct way.

Another cruciform; the name Hadya appears twice across the bottom of the drawing.

Owner: the name Hadya is inserted over erasures.

4 pieces of vellum sewn together and tightly rolled. The opening piece of the scroll is missing. 2 cols., written in a hasty hand in black with the usual rubrics, with some wear and smudging. 3 crude talismanic Drawings

Drawings:

Cross, incorporating eye motifs (?) in its base.

Two cruciforms side by side above sun and moon motifs (?)

Crude grid pattern with reduced face motif at the centre.

Owner: Wälättä Maryam.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together, the top piece cut into a point. 2 cols., written in a very variable hand in black with the usual rubrics, now much worn and faded. 3 crude talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Eight-pointed star with central face (a cherub?).

Cruciform design.

Owner: Wälättä Sellasé.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in thin black and red Western ink, with some purple coloring to the Drawings and zig-zag margin-frame. 3 talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword; the name of the Owner, Wälättä Iyäs[sus] is written to the left of the figure.

Two figures side by side, a simple lattice-work border above and two faces below.

Owner: Wälättä Iyäsus Kädejja

3 pieces of vellum sewn together cut to a point at the bottom, with a strap for tying at the top. Written in a spidery hand in black and purplish-red, with a yellow wash to the drawings and margin-frame. 2 talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Lobed cross.

Eight-pointed star with central face (a cherub?)

Owner: Bäfta (?)

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black with the usual rubrics, with a brown and yellow wash to the Drawings and margin-frame. 3 talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Grid of fifteen squares incorporating stylized faces and eye motifs around a cruciform design in blue.

Owner: Wälättä S'eyon.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together, together with the original leather pouch, now split open. 1 col., written in black with the usual rubrics, including occasional lines of Text passim. 2 talismanic drawings, with a pale blue and yellow color wash

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword beneath a grid of nine squares filled with simple linear and lattice-work designs.

Eight-pointed star with central face (a cherub?)

Owner: originally Wälättä Tensa'é; the name Wärqit has been written at a later date in purple ink on the Drawings.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black with the usual rubrics in a spaced hand; with additional purplish-red coloring to the drawings. 2 talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Guardian angel with drawn sword. At the bottom also some talismanic letters or "knotted letters" (harägawi fidäl).

Owner: Wälättä Yohannes; the name Wälättä Kidan also occurs further down the scroll.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black with the usual rubrics in a poor, blotted hand. 2 crude talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Two sets of grids of ten squares filled with rosette or saltire cross motifs.

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Grid of 9 squares filled with various rosette and cruciform designs.

Owner: originally Wälättä Kidan, to which later is added Wälättä Heywät; the name Wälättä Argad has been added passim much more recently in blue ink.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black with the usual rubrics (now faded to brown) in a small, sloping hand. 3 talismanic drawings, with wash coloring in red, green and yellow.

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Cruciform design, with the letter s'ä repeated twice in the centre.

Owner: Weddé.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together with a long strap for tying; the bottom of the scroll is cut to a curved shape. Also, the original leather pouch now cut open. 1 col., written in black in a neat hand, with rubrics in a bright pink Western ink. The same pink color is used in the Drawings. 3 talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Saltire cross with four faces.

Cross motif.

Owner: Ayyähu.

2 pieces of stiff vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a broad hand, with the rubrics written in a bright magenta Western ink. The same magenta color and a pale yellow wash also occur in the Drawings. 2 talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Grid containing either of the letters ha and s'a in each square.

Small cruciform motif.

Owner: Wälättä Heywät.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together, the top of the scroll now missing, having been cut away. 1 col., written in black with the usual rubrics (now faded). 2 talismanic drawings.

Drawings:

Guardian angel; the name Wäldä Mädhen is written by the name, apparently at the time of drawing; other names have been added later.

Seven pointed roof cross motif.

Owner: the name Wälättä Mika'él has been inserted later.

3 pieces of vellum. The original drawing has been cut away from the top of the scroll and is now missing. 1 col., written in black in more than one irregular hand, the original rubrics now faded to brown and in part illegible. 2 crude talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Stylized lobed cross design with a central face.

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Stylized cruciform design with a central face, resembling the eight-pointed "cherub" motif.

Owner: the name [Wälättä Maryam] Yälfeñ has been inserted later in magenta ink.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together, the top of the first piece cut into a point. 1 col., written in black with the usual rubrics, and some additions in magenta Western ink. 3 uncolored talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Abstract design incorporating the eye motif.

Eight-pointed star with central face (a cherub ?) – or ensnared Satan (?)

Owner: Wälättä Kidan.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a slightly cramped hand, with the usual rubrics now partly faded. 3 colored talismanic drawings, in red, green and yellow. Preserved with its original leather pouch, now cut open

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword beneath a simple lattice-work design.

A female (?) figure holding a torch (?) and a flask, with a band of lattice-work design below.

Cruciform design with central face (a cherub?)

Owner: Wälättä Giyorgis [Tekuñé].

3 pieces of vellum sewn together – the bottom of the scroll being much worn and damaged. 1 col., written in black in a hasty, sloping hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 talismanic drawings in black and red ink with a yellow color wash

Drawing: An Angel (?) With a Drawn Sword

Owner: Wälättä ... (?) [second element of name illegible].

3 pieces of vellum sewn together, the bottom piece tapering to a point. 1 col., written in black in an uneven and careless hand with the usual rubrics, now mostly faded. 3 crude talismanic drawings

Drawing: Stylized guardian angel with outstretched wings and an unusually long body.

Owner: Wälättä Däbré (the second element is not always inserted).

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics. 1 crude talismanic drawing, together with 4 simple bands of zig-zag decoration randomly placed

Drawings:

Highly stylized guardian angel figure.

Eight-pointed star with central face (a cherub?)

Owner: originally Wälättä Giwärgis [i.e. Giyorgis], overwritten as Wälättä Iyäsus Abtay/Abta (?)

3 pieces of vellum sewn together, together with a short strap for tying. 1 col., written in black in an untidy hand, with the rubrics in a pale magenta ink. 2 talismanic drawings, colored in the same magenta and a pale yellow wash

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Circular design based around a lobed saltire figure with eye motifs.

Eight-pointed star with central face (a cherub?)

Owner: Amätä Sellasé (original, but in one place added later in purple ink).

4 pieces of vellum sewn together, together with a short strap for tying. 1 col., written in black in reasonable hand, with the usual rubrics (including one extensive passage in prayer 3) in magenta ink, which is also used in the Drawings. 3 talismanic drawings.

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Large cruciform with two accompanying figures.

Simple cruciform with central face.

Large cruciform.

Owner: S'ägga Sellasé.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black (now rubbed and smudged) in a poorly executed hand, with the rubrics in magenta ink. The same magenta ink is used in the Drawings together with purple color. 4 talismanic drawings.

Drawings:

Highly simplified figure of a guardian angel with outstretched wings.

Stylized cruciform with side "branches" bearing eye motifs. The name Wälättä Maryam (in black) appears by the cross, beneath which is written in red Alämnäsh.

Stylized figure of a guardian angel with outstretched wings and the same side "branches" as seen in drawing 2.

Owner: the names Wälättä Maryam and Alämnäsh appear throughout.

3 pieces of stiff vellum sewn together. 2 cols., written in black in an untidy hand, with the usual rubrics (now faded). 3 talismanic drawings.

Drawings:

2 stylized guardian angels with outstretched wings.

Stylized cruciform with side "branches" bearing eye motifs.

2 stylized guardian angel figures with outstretched wings.

Owner: Wälättä Mädhen Zäritu. Note: written by the same däbtära as scroll No. 35.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together, with the remnants of a strap for tying. 2 cols., written in black, in an untidy hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword, with panels containing a face motif above and below.

Grid of nine squares with a central face, bands incorporating further face and/or eye motifs above and below.

Eight-pointed star with central face and eye motifs in the corners, together with decorative bands above and below. The Owner's name, As'ädä Maryam, is written in the upper band, and around the arms of the star, together with her secular name, Ambäset.

Another grid of nine squares with a central face, bands incorporating further face and/or eye motifs above and below.

Cross surrounded by talismanic or "knotted" letters (harägawi fidäl).

Owner: As'ädä Maryam.

4 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a large, spidery hand, with the rubrics in bright red. The same bright red anodyne color also appears in the drawings. 5 talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Series of decorative bands incorporating a face motif and abstract cruciform designs.

Eight-pointed star with central face (a cherub ?)

[Damaged.] An eight-pointed star design with talismanic or "knotted" letters (harägawi fidäl).

Owner: the names Tägäññet and Wälättä Maryam have been added later.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together. Incomplete, the top part of the scroll having been cut away. 1 col., written in black in an untidy hand, with the usual rubrics, and some later additions in purple ink. 2 talismanic drawings, plus 1 further at the damaged bottom of the scroll.

Drawing: Eight-pointed star with central face.

Owner: name illegible.

1 piece of skin. The scroll is in poor condition, the skin being of untreated quality and the Text badly smudged. 1 col., written in black in a hasty hand, the rubrics smudged and barely legible. 1 small, crude talismanic drawing. Preserved with its leather carrying pouch, now cut open

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Stylized cruciform with two heads either side over the figures of the sun and the moon (?)

Owner: Wälättä Yohannes.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together, the top and bottom of the scroll being cut to points, together with a strap for tying. 1 col., written in purplish black ink, in an untidy hand, the rubrics in magenta ink. 2 talismanic drawings, colored with magenta ink and pale yellow wash

Drawings:

The head of angel.

Lobed cruciform with eyes, above a band showing a human head (St. Peter ?) and a cockerel's head.

Eight-pointed star with central face, surrounded by talismanic letters (harägawi fidäl),

Stylized eight-pointed star with looped points around a knot motif.

Cross with lobed points.

Owner: Gäbrä Iyäsus.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together. The edges of the scroll show extensive signs of rodent damage, and the Text is partially destroyed especially along the left-hand edge. 1 col., written in black in a small, neat hand, the rubrics in red ink of Western origin, partly smudged. 5 talismanic drawings, with coloring in pale blue and pale orange crayon

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

A saltire with four highly stylized faces. The Owner's name, Wälättä Giyorgis is written around the figure.

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Owner: Wälättä Giyorgis.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a bold, regular hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 rather heavily executed talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword and outstretched wings.

Panel with irregular blue and red divisions.

Another panel with irregular blue and red sectioning.

Owner: Wälättä Libanos. The name Wälättä Maryam has also been added later passim.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in spaced and relatively careful hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 talismanic drawings with bright blue and pale red color wash

Drawings:

Grid pattern of colored triangles with a central stylized face.

Grid of nine squares with a central face.

Grid of nine squares filled with stylized faces.

Owner: Wälättä Täklä Haymanot.

2 pieces of skin sewn together, together with a strap for tying. Also, leather carrying pouch, now unstitched. 1 col., written in purple in a very hasty and blotted hand, partly illegible, with the usual rubrics. 3 talismanic drawings, colored in the same purple and red Western felt pen or crayon

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Stylized star motif with central face and eye motifs.

Cross surrounded by four winged cherubim.

Owner: Wälättä Heywät.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. The bottom of the scroll is badly damaged. Written in black in a neat, small hand, with extensive passages in red. 3 talismanic drawings, which also show light blue and yellow color wash

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Talismanic eight-pointed star with "knotted" letters (harägawi fidäl).

Eight-pointed star figure with central face, and knotted" letters.

Cruciform (hand-cross) design.

Owner: Wälättä Kidan Dässeta.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a good hand, with the usual rubrics. There is evidence of ruling. 4 talismanic drawings, some of which show evidence of a yellow or reddish brown wash

Drawings:

Untidy figure comprising a chequered band on top of which sits a human head within the bottom quadrant of a circle, with rough lattice-work knots on the right.

Roughly drawn eight-pointed star with central face, enclosed within a rosette motif.

Roughly drawn guardian angel figure standing above a cross with lobed points.

Owner: Wälättä Maryam – some of the spaces for the Owner's name are left blank.

3 pieces of skin sewn together. 1 col., written in black in an untidy hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 talismanic drawings, colored with red and brown anodyne paints

Drawings:

Head and shoulders of a guardian angel with drawn sword.

Figure deriving from the eight-pointed star motif with a central face. The drawing of the face is reminiscent of illuminated manuscript art.

Cross "knot" enclosed within a frame.

Owner: Wälättä Egzi'. The name Haräya is sometimes added, and the male name Wäldä Gäbre'él appears at the bottom of the scroll.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics. There is evidence of ruling. 3 talismanic drawings, colored in green, white, orange, yellow and blue, which show some slight influence of manuscript illumination

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Cross with two figures either side and two cherubim above – a schematic representation of the crucifixion.

Eight-pointed star with central face (a cherub ?)

Owner: the male name Gäbrä Iyäsus has been inserted later, though the language of the Text as usual provides for a female Owner.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a cramped hand, worn and rubbed in places, with the rubrics in European magenta ink. 3 talismanic drawings, colored with the same magenta ink

Drawings:

Roughly drawn guardian angel.

Roughly drawn face at the center of a saltire cross, with simple bands above and below.

Owner: T'eruyé; the baptismal name, Amätä Maryam, has been added in crayon.

3 pieces of skin sewn together, the top tapered to a point. 1 col., written in black in a broad and uneven hand, with the usual rubrics. 2 talismanic drawings (uncolored).

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Eight-pointed star with curving arms and a central face.

Cross with lobed arms and two further, smaller crosses either side. The Owner's name, Wälättä Mika'él, is written three times in red across the top of the drawing.

Owner: Wälättä Mika'él – the secular name Feqritu is also occasionally given.

4 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black, now much rubbed and faded, in a small but widely spaced, uneven hand, with the usual rubrics, also faded and only partially legible. 3 talismanic Drawings, with traces of purplish red coloring

Drawings:

Roughly executed guardian angel.

Another roughly drawn figure (a guardian angel ?)

Owner: Wälättä Iyäsus; the secular name Bertu is sometimes added.

4 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written black in an uneven and angular hand, with the usual rubrics. There are two crude talismanic drawings

Drawings:

3 cherubim (winged faces) [belonging to the first piece of the scroll.]

Crudely drawn and highly stylized guardian angel [belong to the bottom 3 pieces of the scroll.]

Owner: Wälättä Maryam (the bottom 3 pieces of the scroll only); the secular name Webbit is also occasionally added.

composite), 4 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in various hands, with the usual rubrics. The bottom 3 pieces of the scroll did not originally belong with the top piece, which has a much finer hand. 2 talismanic drawings

Part only.

Drawings:

None

Owner: no indication.

Single piece of skin cut from a scroll. 1 col., written in black in a large hand, with some rubrics in a small hand. No talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Schematized saltire cross with eye motifs in the arms.

Cross with wide, flanged arms.

Owner: Wälättä Heywät.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together – one joint recently repaired with cotton thread. 1 col., written in black in a moderate hand, with the usual rubrics, including extensive passages within Texts. 3 talismanic drawings, colored in red only

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword, surrounded by squares filled with rosette and saltire motif decoration.

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Cruciform design with cherubim and "knotted" letters (harägawi fidäl).

Four cherubim heads above four others, two in profile (devils ?).

Cross with leopards (?).

Owner: Wälättä Sellasé, with the baptismal name As'ädä Maryam. Her husband, Gäbrä Giyorgis, is also mentioned.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together, with a loop at the top for hanging the scroll. There are repairs to the bottom piece of the scroll which has been badly damaged and smudged. 1 col., written in black in a compact and somewhat untidy hand, with regular sections of the Text in red. 5 talismanic drawings, colored in magenta, red, green and yellow-brown wash

Drawings:

Stylized star motif filled with red and black wavy lines.

Stylized cross motif above a guardian angel with outstretched wings.

Owner: Abbäbäch.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a regular hand, with the usual rubrics. 2 talismanic drawings, in red and black

Drawings:

Three inverted faces above a decorated band.

An unusual drawing of a highly schematized cross with accompanying smaller crosses above a drawing of a feline (?), which appears to have wings. The name Wälättä Iyäsus Manahelosh Kellel (?) is written beneath the feline, with the later insertion of [Wälättä] Kidan T'obiyaw [bis].

Grid of twenty five squares filled alternately with saltire or X-crosses and rosettes.

Owner: originally Wälättä Maryam; the name [Wälättä] Kidan T'obiyaw has been written in red ballpoint pen over the top.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. The top and bottom of the scroll are damaged. 1 col., written in black in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 talismanic drawings, colored with red and yellow wash

Drawings:

Roughly drawn guardian angel.

Angel or cherub with outstretched wings.

Owner: Jam'u (?)

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in an untidy hand, with rubrics in a smaller hand. 2 talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword standing beneath a band of foliate decoration.

Cross with two figures standing either side.

Eight-pointed star with central face motif.

Owner: Wälättä Täklä Haymanot Fälqa. The Owner's name is omitted from the spaces left for it towards the bottom of the scroll.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a neat, small hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 finely executed, uncolored talismanic drawings. Preserved with laether carrying pouch now cut open

Drawing: Ornate cross with two figures standing either side, and four cherubim around the cross, all framed within a rope-work decorative border.

Owner: the male name Wäldä Mika'él has been inserted over the original Owner's name. The text indicates that the scroll was made for a man.

A single piece of vellum, forming the original center piece of a scroll. 2 cols., written in black in a very small and compact hand, with regular sections of the Text in red. The 2 columns are separated by a colored border decorated with lattice-work, lozenges or rosettes. 1 talismanic drawing, finely drawn and colored in pale blue, orange-yellow and red, now faded to brown

Drawings:

Eight-pointed star with a central face, and curved ends to the arms.

[Immediately beneath drawing 1.] Abstract design.

Another abstract design of curved lines and shapes.

Grid of nine squares, four of which contain stylized faces.

Abstract design of curving lines with eye motifs.

Owner: the spaces for the Owner's name have been left blank.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together, the bottom of the scroll tapering to a point. 1 col., written in black in a rather hasty hand, with the usual rubrics. 5 uncolored talismanic drawings. The top of the scroll has been left blank as if for a drawing that was never inserted

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword, standing between two decorated bands or borders.

Eight-pointed star with central face (a cherub ?)

Cross with two figures standing either side.

Owner: Wälättä Iyäsus.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together. The top piece of the scroll is now missing. 2 cols., written in black in an uneven hand, with the usual rurbrics. 3 talismanic drawings, colored in yellow and red, now faded to brown

Drawings:

Guardian angel (without wings) with drawn sword, with a decorative border above and below.

Cruciform design.

Two cloaked figures standing side by side above whom is written the word bäbägizéhu 'each according to his time".

Owner: Wälättä Iyäsus Zärtehun.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics, now partly faded. 3 talismanic drawings colored in blue, yellow and red

Drawings:

Three talismanic designs or figures of the type found in pattern books of spells (Mäs'hafä Seray).

Simple cruciform motif with extended, curling arms.

Owner: Wälättä Sellasé.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. It is likely that the top of the scroll has been cut away. 1 col., written in black in a clear, well-proportioned and bold hand. 2 uncolored talismanic drawings, together with one small figure inserted in the text.

Drawings:

Two guardian angels with drawn swords, executed in a somewhat naïve, archaizing style.

Eight-pointed star with central face.

Grid of twenty squares alternately filled with faces and saltire or X-crosses.

Eight-pointed star with central face, reformed as a cross set against a saltire with extended arms.

Owner: Wäldä Gäbre'él.

2 pieces of thick vellum sewn together, with a long strap at the top for tying. 2 cols., written in black in a poor hand, with rubrics in pink. The 2 columns are separated by a border decorated with rope-work and lozenge decoration. 4 talismanic drawings, colored in pink, red and faded yellow

Drawings:

A seated figure (Christ in majesty ?) flanked by two cherubim, set above a border decorated with faces.

Cross with central face, flanked by four cherubim.

Two guardian angels with drawn swords.

Owner: Wälättä Täklä Haymanot.(?) – the name Gäbrä Egzi'abehér also appears at the bottom of the scroll.

2 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together, with a strap for tying. 2 cols., written in black in an untidy and poor hand, with rubrics in pink and dark red. The columns are separated by a border decorated with lattice-work and rope-work designs. 4 talismanic drawings coloured in pink, orange-red and yellow. This scroll was seemingly produced by the same däbtära as scroll 69

Drawings:

Eight-pointed star with central face, and eye motif-like designs at the ends of four of the arms.

Cross with double flanged arms, and two circles at the base. The name Wärqit is written by the foot of the cross.

Owner: Wälättä Maryam, with the secular name Wärqit; the name Webenäsh has been inserted on top.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 2 cols., written in black, in an uneven hand, with rubrics and sections of Text in red, now faded. 2 talismanic pictures, with yellow color wash. The picture originally at the top of the scroll has been cut away, and is now missing

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword [damaged].

Eight-pointed star with central face.

A cross, over which is superimposed the figure of an archangel trampling a devil. This figure is particularly finely drawn and shows strong influences of manuscript illumination art.

Owner: Wälättä Maryam, secular name S'ehaytu [sic].

2 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a generally well-formed, angular hand, with numerous sections in pinkish-red ink, now smudged and partly illegible. This pinkish-red ink has impressed through on to the reverse of the scroll. 3 talismanic drawings, partly colored in the same pinkish-red ink

Drawings:

Saltire or X-cross with a face in the top quadrant.

Another crudely drawn X-cross with a face at the center.

Eight-pointed star with a central face, reduced to a framework of vertical and horizontal lines with curved or lobed ends. The Trinitarian formula, "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen" is written in the bottom section of the framework

Owner: the original name has been erased and either "Jesus Christ" or "Father, Son and Holy Ghost" inserted.

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in an uneven hand, with rubrics, etc., in magenta ink. 4 talismanic drawings with the same magenta ink coloring

Drawings:

Grid of nine squares, with face motifs in the bottom three squares.

Cross with two standing figures either side and knot designs above; again, a stylized representation of the Crucifixion.

Grid enclosing the letters mé, hé or hi, and me in individual squares.

Eight-pointed star with central face.

Owner: Tewäddé

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in blue and blue-black ink, with the usual rubrics. 3 talismanic drawings, colored with blue, red and yellow wash, plus 1 talismanic chart.

Drawings:

None.

Owner: none identified.

A single piece of skin or vellum, forming originally the bottom piece of a scroll. 1 col., written in black in a hasty hand, with some portions in red. No talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Two crudely drawn figures.

Crudely drawn grid pattern.

Owner: Wälättä Sellasé.

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a moderate hand, with the usual rubrics. 2 talismanic drawings with slight pinkish-red coloring

Drawing: Cross with radiant arms.

Owner: Amätä Iyäsus.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together; the top of the scroll has been torn off. 1 col., written in black, in a very small and neat hand, with the usual rubrics. 1 talismanic drawing

Drawings:

Eight-pointed star with central face, and two decorated panels.

Grid of sixteen squares with the following Text spelled out one letter per square: ananyana wä'azänerya wäyamisä'él (?)

Owner: Wälättä Maryam.

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a very poor and hasty hand, with sections in red in a different hand. 1 talismanic drawing, plus 1 talismanic chart, both with some red and orange-yellow wash

Drawings:

Guardian angel with outstretched wings.

Eight-pointed star with central face.

Two schematic faces in square frames side by side, with decorative borders above and below.

Owner: Wälättä Iyäsus. The latter element is crossed out passim, and Sänbät inserted in pinkish-red ink.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black, in a large and elegant hand, with rubrics and sections in red in the same hand for the most part, and some later additions to these in magenta or pinkish-red ink. 3 talismanic drawings, with red and brown coloring

Drawings:

Guardian angel with large wings.

Eight-pointed star with central face motif, and decorative bands above and below.

Two schematic faces in square frames side by side, with decorative borders above and below.

Owner: Wälättä Amanu'él, with the secular name Bälanshi Berru.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black, in a large, elegant and well-formed hand, with the usual rubrics in magenta ink. 3 talismanic drawings, with red and brown coloring. This scroll is similar in the hand and talismanic drawings to scroll 79

Drawings:

An unusual composition of four square faces grouped around an irregular pattern of lines and circles.

A square face motif with thirteen radiating arms.

Another square face motif with radiating arms (partially obliterated by damage to the scroll.)

Owner: Wälättä Qirqos Täwäddo.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together; the right-hand edge of the scroll shows rodent damage. 1 col., written in black in a slightly square hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 crudely executed talismanic Drawings with some red coloring

Drawings:

Standing figure with large head (a guardian angel ?)

Crudely drawn guardian angel figure.

Crudely drawn star-like motif.

Owner: none identified.

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a rather uneven hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 talismanic drawings, with magenta anodyne coloring

Composite.

Drawings:

[Piece 1] Guardian angel with drawn sword.

[Piece 2] An abstract figure composed of two small crosses either side of an irregular shape, which appears to have two profile heads or wings with eyes. Above this is a tier of rhomboid shapes in which the word allah is repeated. Flanking the upper part of the drawing are columns of talismanic or "knotted" letters (harägawi fidäl).

Owners: [piece 1] Wälättä Mika'él; [piece 2] Wälättä Maryam.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together, together with a leather strap and string for tying. The bottom piece has been sewn on upside down, and originally belonged to a different scroll. There is some water damage and obliteration of the Text. 1 col., written in black, [piece 1] in a well-formed and neat hand, with the usual rubrics; [piece 2] in a small, rather cramped hand, with the usual rubrics]. 2 talismanic drawings, with light yellow wash coloring. Drawing 1 belongs to the top piece, and drawing 2 to the bottom piece.

Drawings:

Eight-pointed star with central face.

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Eight-pointed star with central face.

Owner: the name Wälättä Yohannes had been inserted in magenta ink over the original Owner's name, Wälättä Sänbät.

3 pieces of skin sewn together. There is some rodent damage to the left-hand edge of the scroll. 1 col., written in black in an untidy hand, with rubrics, etc., in bright red ink. 3 talismanic drawings, with red ink coloring

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Cherub.

Another cherub.

Cross.

Owner: Gäbrä Sellasé.

2 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a cramped, angular hand, with rubrics in magenta ink, now heavily smudged and partly illegible. 4 talismanic drawings, with purple, yellow and pink coloring

Drawings:

Stylized guardian angel, reduced to a face with a column-like body, set against a striped background.

Eight-pointed star with a pair of eyes at the center.

Owner: [added later ?] Wälättä Täklä Ha[y]manot, with the secular name Aräggash Addis.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. There are traces of rodent damage. 1 col., written in black in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics in magenta ink. 2 talismanic drawings, with magenta and yellow wash coloring

Drawings:

Eight-pointed star with central face motif.

Cross. The names T'eyyeq T'älatä Kidan and Wälättä Kidan T'eyyeq are written alongside.

Owner: Wälättä Kidan T'eyyeq.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. The original drawing at the top of the scroll has been removed. 1 col., written in black, in an untidy hand, with the usual rubrics, in purplish-red, now faded. 2 talismanic Drawings, with the same purplish-red coloring

Drawing: Eight-pointed star with central face motif, and four small crosses in each quadrant. There are also colored decorative bands at the top and bottom of the scroll.

Owner: Wälättä Maryam, with the secular name S'ä[ha]ynäsh.

4 pieces of vellum sewn together. Unusually, there is no drawing at the top, and it is unclear whether any drawing has been removed; the top edge shows holes, which may be for hanging, and is heavily stained as if from exposure. 1 col., written in black, in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics in bright red ink. 1 talismanic drawing, colored in red, green, purple and yellow

Drawings:

Grid of fifteen squares, with alternate face motifs, rosettes and saltire crosses.

Eight-pointed star with central face, four of the eight arms drawn as lobes containing eyes.

Eight-pointed star with central face, with curved arms.

Owner: Ejjayyähu. The baptismal name Wälättä Gäbre'él also appears passim.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black, in a hasty hand with large serifs, with rubrics in bright red ink. 3 talismanic drawings, with green and magenta anodyne coloring

Drawings:

Grid of nine squares with alternate face motifs and saltire crosses in each square, and a decorative band above and below.

Guardian angel with outstretched wings.

Eight-pointed star with a pair of eyes at the center.

Owner: Dämmäqäch.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. The bottom of the scroll is badly damaged. 1 col., written in black, in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 talismanic drawings, with yellow and light red coloring

Drawings:

Guardian angel.

Another guardian angel.

Another guardian angel.

Owner: Wälättä Iyäsus, with the secular name T'aytu.

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together, with a thin strap for tying. 1 col., written in black in an untidy hand, with rubrics in magenta ink. 3 talismanic drawings, uncolored

Drawing: Small cross.

Owner: Wälättä Iyäsus Dässeta.

2 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics in magenta ink, some of which now smudged and illegible. 1 small drawing, with the same magenta coloring

Drawings:

Roughly drawn cross.

Grid of eight squares, in which the word ch'äre'o (?) is written.

Grid of eight squares, with faces in the top two squares and saltire crosses in the rest.

Owner: Wälättä Maryam Dämäqu.

3 pieces of skin sewn together, now rolled in reverse. 1 col., written in black in a spaced hand, with the usual rubrics in dark red ink. 3 talismanic drawings, in red and black

Drawing: Crudely executed image of a figure holding another smaller figure, probably a representation of the Virgin and Child.

Owner: Wälättä Mädhen Ayyähu (?) – the name is added beneath the talismanic drawing.

2 pieces of skin sewn together. 1 col., written in thin black ink, in an uneven and at times cramped hand, with rubrics in magenta ink, now faded or smudged and in part now illegible. 1 talismanic drawing, with the same thin magenta coloring. There is no drawing at the top of the scroll, which is pierced for hanging

Drawings:

Crudely drawn head and arms (?), representing a guardian angel.

A similar head and arms as in drawing 1, together with a head and three lobes (a cherub ?).

Owner: none identified.

2 pieces of skin sewn together, with a strap for tying sewn to the bottom of the scroll, which is now rolled in reverse. 1 col., written in blue-black ink, in an uneven hand, with rubrics in bright red ink. 2 talismanic drawings, colored with the same red ink

Composite.

Drawing: Crudely drawn five-pointed star with central face motif.

Owner: [piece 2] the male names Wärqenäh and Kassayé have been added, in spite of the text specifying a female Owner.

2 pieces of skin sewn together with cotton thread. The bottom piece has been sewn on upside down, and originally belonged to a different scroll. 1 col., written in black, [piece 1] in an uneven and spaced hand, with the rubrics in magenta and extensive sections of Text in blue ballpoint pen; [piece 2] in thin black ink, in a broad but rather cramped hand, with the usual rubrics, also in magenta ink]. 1 talismanic drawing, with the same magenta ink coloring, belonging to the bottom piece of the scroll.

Drawings:

Crudely drawn representation of a guardian angel with drawn sword.

Cross standing on top of Golgotha (?) To the top left of the cross are the words "By the 5 nails of the cross heal thy maidservant ..." (bä-5 qennewatä mäsqäl adhena lä'amätkä ...).

Owner: Amätä S'adeq.

2 pieces of skin sewn together, now rolled in reverse. 1 col., written in black, in a small, neat hand, with rubrics in Western red ink, now smudged and partly illegible. 2 talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Guardian angel with outstretched wings.

Grid of nine squares with a face at the center, framed above by a decorative border of saltire crosses, and below by the drawing of a cherub or seraph.

Guardian angel, with a panel of two squares across his chest.

Owner: Wälättä Mädhen Derreb.

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black in a bold but uneven hand, with the usual rubrics, etc., in magenta ink. 3 talismanic drawings, colored with the same magenta ink

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Large eight-pointed star with central face motif.

Eight-pointed star with central face motif.

Saltire cross, across the upper part of which is written the name Wälättä Maryam.

Owner: Wälättä Maryam (the name only appears in drawing 4).

3 pieces of skin sewn together, with a long strap for tying. There is some rodent damage to the edges of the scroll. 1 col., written in black, in an untidy and uneven hand, with the usual rubrics in bright red ink. 4 talismanic drawings, colored with the same red ink

Drawings:

none

Owner: Zännäbäch, baptismal name Wälättä Hanna.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. The 3 pieces are sewn inversely one against the other, in spite of the fact that the Text is continuous across all three pieces.. 1 col., written in black, in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics in magenta ink. There are no talismanic drawings. The scroll shows signs of having been folded at some time

Drawings:

Stylized guardian angel with outstretched wings and drawn sword. Between two bands of rope-work design with repeated eye motif.

Schematic eight-pointed star with talismanic or "knotted" letters (harägawi fidäl) above. Several magic names or words are written to the right of the figure.

Eight-pointed star with central face motif, set between decorated bands.

Owner: Sahlä Maryam.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together, the original top piece of the scroll now missing. 1 col., written in black, now partly faded, in a moderate hand, with the usual rubrics, now faded to dark brown. 3 talismanic Drawings, with some red-brown color wash

Drawings:

A set of talismanic letters (harägawi fidäl) beneath a highly schematized face.

Another set of talismanic letters, surrounded by irregular lines.

Owner: Wälättä Maryam, with the secular name Aräggash (Aggash at the bottom of the scroll).

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black, in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics, in bright red ink. 2 crude talismanic drawings, in red and black

Drawings:

Two figures standing either side of a cross, with two small crosses above, between simple rope-work bands (crucifixion scene).

Eight-pointed star with central face motif and lobed arms.

Eight-pointed star with central face motif and looped arms.

Owner: Amätä Mika'él.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together with a single piece of string. The scroll is in poor condition, and the bottom 2 pieces show evidence of burning or singeing. The bottom of the scroll is also missing. 1 col., written in black in a neat hand, with the usual rubrics. 3 talismanic drawings, with some light red wash

Composite.

Drawings:

Stylized cross with two figures standing either side, between decorated borders.

Four roughly drawn faces set around a cruciform design.

Owner: Wälättä Kidan [named on both parts of the scroll].

2 pieces of vellum from different scrolls sewn together. 1 col., written in black, in neat, compact hands, with the usual rubrics. 2 talismanic drawings, one on each piece of the scroll.

Drawings:

Finely executed guardian angel with drawn sword, between decorative lattice-work or rope-work borders.

Large square face motif within a frame evidently deriving from the eight-pointed star design. A band of talismanic or "knotted" letters (harägawi fidäl) separates texts 3 and 4, and 5 from 6.

Owner: Wälättä Gäbre'él.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black, in a broad but generally well-formed hand, with the usual rubrics; the rext shows some smudging. 2 talismanic drawings, with red and yellow wash coloring

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword.

Eight-pointed star with central face motif. A band resembling talismanic letters is at the bottom of the scroll.

Owner: originally Oritu, overwritten in ballpoint pen by another illegible name.

2 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written iun black in a moderate hand, with the usual rubrics. 2 talismanic drawings, with light yellow color wash

Drawings:

Crudely drawn guardian angel with outstretched wings.

Crudely drawn cross with two (?) figures on either side.

Eight-pointed star with central face motif.

Owner: Wälättä Yohannes Berch'eqo.

3 pieces of vellum sewn together. 2 cols., written in thin black ink, in a hasty and sloping hand, with rubrics, etc., in magenta ink. 3 talismanic drawings, with purple, yellow and magenta coloring

Drawings:

Guardian angel with drawn sword and outstretched wings.

Eight-pointed star with central face motif.

Cross.

Owner: Assännaqäch.

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black, in a moderate hand, with the rubrics etc., in magenta ink. 3 talismanic drawings, colored with the same magenta ink and a light yellow wash

Drawings:

Guardian angel with outstretched wings.

Eight-pointed star with central face motif.

Owner: Wälättä S'adeq Täwali (or Täwalé).

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together, now rolled in reverse. 1 col., written in black, in an uneven hand, with the usual rubrics, in faded magenta or light purple ink. 2 talismanic drawings, with magenta coloring

Drawings: Two crosses and two six-pointed Star of David motifs surrounded by talismanic letters. There is also a decorative border at the top of the scroll.

Owner: name illegible throughout, though the adjacent Text indicates that the scroll was made for a male.

2 pieces of unusually thin vellum finely sewn together. 1 col., written in black, in a very small, neat hand, with rubrics and sections of Text in magenta ink, now badly smudged and illegible. 1 talismanic drawing

tapering to a point.

Drawings:

Crude drawing of a head (?) with wings.

Crude drawing of eight-pointed star.

Owner: Askalä Maryam.

2 pieces of skin sewn together. 1 col., written in black and red, in an uneven hand. 2 small talismanic drawings

Drawings:

none

Owner: Wälättä S'adeq.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together, now rolled in reverse. 1 col., written in black, in an uneven hand, with rubrics, etc., in magenta ink. No talismanic drawings

[Incomplete.]

Drawings: none

Owner: S'egé Maryam.

1 piece of vellum. 1 col., written in black in a small, fairly neat hand, with the usual rubrics in faded red ink. No talismanic drawings

Drawings:

Crudely drawn small figure, possibly representing a guardian angel.

Owner: illegible.

1 piece of thick skin. 1 col., written in black, in a small, cramped hand, with rubrics in magenta ink. 1 talismanic drawing

Drawings:

A crowned figure, probably representing Solomon, accompanied by attendants, one holding a parasol on the left, and two brandishing swords on the right. Beneath is a border composed of three faces.

Large, ornamented eight-pointed star with central face motif, with two panels above, one containing one face, and the other four faces.

Grid of thirty squares containing variously faces, crosses and Text.

Eight-pointed star with central face, with arms terminating in serpent heads (?)

Owner: Wälättä He[y]wät.

2 pieces of thick, poorly treated skin sewn together, with a strap for tying at the top. 2 cols., written in black in an untidy and hasty hand, at times difficult to decipher, with the usual rubrics. The 2 columns of text are separated by ornamented borders. 4 talismanic drawings, colored in red with a light yellow wash

Drawings:

none

Owner: T'edunäh – a male name, though the Text indicates the scroll was made for a female.

2 pieces of vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in black, in a mediocre hand, partly faded and illegible, with rubrics in magenta ink. No talismanic drawings

Drawings:

none

Owner: Essitä (Essétä) Sellasé.

2 pieces of thin vellum sewn together. Rodent damage to the top of the scroll. 1 col., written in black, in a small, neat hand, with rubrics, etc., in bright red ink. No talismanic drawings. Preserved with part of the original leather carrying pouch

Drawings:

Crudely drawn eight-pointed star with central face motif.

Ornamented cross with central face motif.

Owner: Wälättä Tensa'é.

2 pieces of skin sewn together. 1 col., written in purple ink, with extensive sections in bright red ink, in an uneven and poor hand. 2 talismanic drawings, colored in purple and red ink. Preserved with the original leather pouch, now cut open

Drawings:

Simple eight-pointed star. Between decorative borders in red.

Eight-pointed star with central face motif.

Owner: Assälläfäch.

3 pieces of skin or vellum sewn together. 1 col., written in purple ink, with rubrics, etc., in bright red ink. 2 talismanic drawings, drawn in purple ink. Preserved with the original leather pouch, now cut open

Drawings:

Guardian angel holding a drawn sword. (In ink with red and faded yellow color.)

Eight-pointed star motif with central face, with grids of six squares above and below with various decorative infill. (In ink with red and yellow color.)

Diamond-cross design with top border. (The bottom is missing. In ink with red and yellow color.)

Owner: Wälättä Maryam (f.)

3 pieces of parchment sewn together. 1 col., written in black with rubrics in a small, reasonable hand (2-3mm), framed within a plain border colored red.

Drawings:

Above, a hand-cross motif with winged seraphim or cherubim; below, a guardian angel holding a drawn sword. (In ink with red and green color.)

Eight-pointed star motif with a stylized central face and winged seraphim or cherubim in each corner. (In ink with red color.)

Grid of sixteen squares grouped either side of a central shaft, each square containing a winged seraph or cherub face. (In ink with red and green color.)

Highly stylized eight-pointed star motif (?), comprising a central shaft with side protrusions. (In ink with red and green color.)

Owner: Wälättä Sellasé (f.)

2 pieces of parchment sewn together. 1 col., written in black with rubrics in a moderate hand (3-4mm), framed within a plain border with faint yellow color.

Drawings:

A standing, haloed figure with arms raised in prayer. (In ink with red, yellow and blue color.)

Eight-pointed star motif with a stylized central face, the corner squares with stylized rosette designs. (In ink with blue, yellow and some red color.)

Owner: Original owner's name Täklä Sellasé (?) overwritten with that of Wälättä Maryam (f.)

3 pieces of parchment sewn together. An additional top piece appears to be missing. 1 col., written in black with rubrics in an angular hand (4-5mm), framed within a rope-work border decorated with small eye motifs and with faint red and yellow color.

Drawings:

Simple eight-pointed star motif with central face. (In ink with red-brown and faded blue color.)

Owner: Haylä Sellasé (m.)

3 pieces of parchment sewn together. 1 col., written in black with rubrics in brown ink in a well-formed angular hand (4-5mm).

Drawings:

Guardian angel holding a drawn sword. (In ink with some faded purple color.)

Grid of nine squares with a face in the central square and rosette motifs in the remaining squares. (In ink with faded purple and yellow color.)

Guardian angel holding a drawn sword. (In ink with some faded color.)

Owner: The original female owner's name is now so faded as to be illegible, or in some places appears never to have been filled in. The name Maryam has been inserted in magenta ink in some places.

3 pieces of parchment sewn together. 2 cols., written in black with rubrics (now mostly illegible) in faded purple ink in a moderate angular hand (3-4mm), separated by a roughly drawn rope-work border.

Drawings:

Guardian angel holding a drawn sword. (In ink with traces of color.)

Grid of twelve squares with alternate face and transverse cross infills. (In ink with some faded yellow color.)

Cruciform design. (In ink with yellow wash.)

Owner: Wagayé Wälättä Maryam (f.)

3 pieces of parchment sewn together. 1 col., written in black with rubrics in a moderate angular hand (3-4mm), framed within a simple linear border.

Drawings:

Guardian angel with crossed arms. (In ink with yellow, blue, green and red color.)

Roughly drawn cross with triangular arms. (In ink with blue, yellow and red color.)

Grid of four squares each filled with four or five faces. (In ink with yellow and red color.)

Two blocks of nine squares with some star-design infill. (In ink with yellow, blue and red color.)

Owner: Original female owner's name erased and overwritten with that of As'ädä Maryam (f.)

3 pieces of parchment sewn together. 2 cols., written in black with rubrics (in magenta ink) in a variable hand (3-5mm), separated and framed by a linear border colored yellow.

Incomplete; bottom portion missing.

Drawings:

Guardian angel holding a drawn sword and accompanied by three lions (?). (In ink with faded red, purple and perhaps blue color.)

Owner: Possibly Gäbrä Mädhen (m.)

2 pieces of parchment sewn together. 2 cols., written in black with rubrics (the latter faded and in part illegible) in an uneven, small hand (2-3mm), separated and framed by a rope-work border with faded red or purple color.

Drawings:

Large top-piece comprising a central face with radiating spear heads, set between complex layered borders of various designs. (In ink with brown and blue color.)

Grid of nine squares enclosing an eight-pointed star design with a stylized central face, set between decorated borders. (In ink with blue, brown and red color.)

A stylized eight-pointed star design with a central face. (In ink with brown color in several tones.)

Owners: Wälättä Iyäsus Bälaynäsh Bogalä (f.) and Wälättä Iyäsus Märsha Bällät'ä (f.)

3 pieces of parchment sewn together. 1 col., written in black with rubrics (in magenta ink) in an untidy and spaced hand (3-6mm), framed within a zigzag border in ink.

Drawings:

Two bands of squares with alternate face and transverse cross infill. This appears to be the bottom of a larger drawing, now missing.

Guardian angel holding a drawn sword. (In ink with some red color.)

Grid of sixteen squares with alternate face and transverse cross infill. (In ink with some red color.)

Owner: Täwäldä Mädhen (m.)

5 pieces of parchment sewn together. 1 col., written in black with rubrics in a neat and compact hand (2-3mm), framed within a chain-link border in ink.