Eyob Derillo
Eyob Derillo holds a Bachelor's degree in History of Art and Archaeology from SOAS, University of London , a Masters of Arts in Film Studies from Birkbeck, University of London and is currently completing his doctorate at SOAS department of Religions and Philosophies. His doctoral research focuses the nature and historical development of the concept of Ethiopian ‘magic’ and its use within a specifically Christian context.
Eyob is currently working at the British Library's in the department of Asia and Africa Studies, where he has served as curator of Ethiopian collections. He has also co-curated the British Library’s highly acclaimed exhibition Harry Potter: History of Magic.
He recently curated the British Library's exhibition “African Scribes: Manuscript Culture of Ethiopia”. The first exhibition to be held at the Library devoted entirely to Ethiopian manuscripts.
Among his most recent publications is an article titled ‘Traveling Medicine: Medieval Ethiopian Amulet Scrolls and Practitioners Handbooks’, Toward a global Middle Ages: encountering the world through illuminated manuscripts for the Getty Museum (2019), and an essay on Ethiopian Magic published in the British Library’s Harry Potter exhibition book (London and the New York editions). Eyob has participated in several documentaries for BBC Radio, most recently on the BBC World Service about The Queen of Sheba, and he is currently working on a documentary (working title) Prince Alemayehu Tewodros,.
Phone: T +44(0) 20 7412 700 (Ext. 3353)
Address: Asian and African
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
Eyob is currently working at the British Library's in the department of Asia and Africa Studies, where he has served as curator of Ethiopian collections. He has also co-curated the British Library’s highly acclaimed exhibition Harry Potter: History of Magic.
He recently curated the British Library's exhibition “African Scribes: Manuscript Culture of Ethiopia”. The first exhibition to be held at the Library devoted entirely to Ethiopian manuscripts.
Among his most recent publications is an article titled ‘Traveling Medicine: Medieval Ethiopian Amulet Scrolls and Practitioners Handbooks’, Toward a global Middle Ages: encountering the world through illuminated manuscripts for the Getty Museum (2019), and an essay on Ethiopian Magic published in the British Library’s Harry Potter exhibition book (London and the New York editions). Eyob has participated in several documentaries for BBC Radio, most recently on the BBC World Service about The Queen of Sheba, and he is currently working on a documentary (working title) Prince Alemayehu Tewodros,.
Phone: T +44(0) 20 7412 700 (Ext. 3353)
Address: Asian and African
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
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The research will give an overview of the historical background of the Ethiopic magical scrolls and text and I will try to explain them within their own context. I will discuss the purpose and use of the scrolls. It will relate to the main subject matter and the relevant texts. A series of questions then follow: For whom were these work produced? How were they used? How are their programmes related to Ethiopian religious thought and the State? Why do they present extensive quotations of style and motifs from early Babylonian, Hebrew and Syriac magic images, and what did these quotations signify? In order to answer these questions, it is necessary to investigate yet other essential questions concerning artistic production and patronage in Ethiopia.
The aim of this research is intending to define the nature of the concept of Ethiopian magic. The elements and dynamic of the magical prayers and images used will be presented to bring to light the question of magic in some ways. For the reason that it is difficult to ignore such important questions completely.
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The research will give an overview of the historical background of the Ethiopic magical scrolls and text and I will try to explain them within their own context. I will discuss the purpose and use of the scrolls. It will relate to the main subject matter and the relevant texts. A series of questions then follow: For whom were these work produced? How were they used? How are their programmes related to Ethiopian religious thought and the State? Why do they present extensive quotations of style and motifs from early Babylonian, Hebrew and Syriac magic images, and what did these quotations signify? In order to answer these questions, it is necessary to investigate yet other essential questions concerning artistic production and patronage in Ethiopia.
The aim of this research is intending to define the nature of the concept of Ethiopian magic. The elements and dynamic of the magical prayers and images used will be presented to bring to light the question of magic in some ways. For the reason that it is difficult to ignore such important questions completely.