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MS Ethiopian 17

MS Ethiopian 17 part 1

Short magical prayers, recipes and a 

, or "calculation of the stars" composed of 12 chapters corresponding to the signs of the zodiac.

Twenty-nine hasab, or calculations, of sickness and diagnosis, of wealth and poverty, of fate and of fertility

Magical prayers for love, for goods and for birth and against various ailments and demons

Magico-medical prescriptions against magical diseases, demons and various ailments

Treatise of divination

Magical prayers and prescriptions against various devils and ailments

Chronological notes and notes concerning the  "Hymnary"

Two Hasab

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