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Amulet printed on parchment from Germany. The words in this amulet are arranged to form patterns and shapes.
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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This German amulet is printed with unique designs. The names of the three angels, Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Smangalaf, indicate the use of this amulet as birth protection for mother and child, as…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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This printed amulet to protect a woman in childbirth features a central scene depicting Adam and Eve and several animals in the Garden of Eden, with a snake coiled around the forbidden “tree of…
Contributor:
Abraham Bar Jacob
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1700
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Printed amulet for an infant girl from Germany. It was (presumably) printed alongside its companion amulet for a male child (see “Amulet for a Newborn Boy”). However, the pair were separated. A woman…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Westheim, Holy Roman Empire (Westheim, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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Printed birth amulet. The decorative borders are composed of printers’ devices and decorations that were used by printers in Fürth (Bavaria), so it is assumed that this amulet was printed in that city…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750