Amulet healing scrolls have a long history of creation and use within Ethiopian communities, adjacent to but distinct from the tradtions of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Made from strips of parchment, sewn together to form a long scroll roughly the height of a human body, they are tailor-made by debtera (priests) for a specific person and their illness. The scrolls are used in healing a variety of ailments, but are particularly associated with women's health and healing and used as aids in boosting fertility and to assure a successful childbirth.

The scrolls have a tripartite division of image and text and contain healing texts, images of demons, saints, and sometimes portraits of the donor, seen in these examples in the collection of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. The scrolls and other Ethiopian manuscripts were purchased to support the Gə’əz language programme at the University of Toronto. For more on amulet healing scrolls, see scholar Eyob Derillo's discussion of these and other Ethiopian manuscript materials here.