Healing Scroll
Known locally as ketab, Ethiopian amulet scrolls are made of parchment, usually two or three strips sewn together, and are rolled vertically. Kept in leather cases, mere possession of them had a protective effect, as did reading their prayers aloud. Amulet scrolls are often illuminated at the top with an image of a guardian angel or archangel with his sword drawn, and again at the middle and end of the scroll with imagery symbolizing good and evil powers—those forces conjured for protection, and those to be guarded against and vanquished.
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