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Amulet
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This early printed amulet from Germany, meant as protection for a woman in childbirth, is adorned with woodcuts illustrating the Hebrew months of the year. The main panel, framed by images of the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

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Date:

ca. 1725

Subjects:

Amulets, Print, Astrology, Kabbalah, Mysticism

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Magical Objects, Magical Texts
Printed page with Hebrew text in the middle adorned with woodcuts depicting zodiac signs on the right and left sides and Star of David in center.
Sefer goralot
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These illustrated pages are from a manuscript copy of Sefer goralot (Book of Lots), a treatise on geomancy, which was a method of divination popular in the medieval world. The text was attributed…

Contributor:

Abraham Ibn Ezra

Places:

Córdoba, Spanish Empire (Córdoba, Spain)

Date:

18th Century

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Astrology, Philosophy, Arabic, Translation

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Magical Texts, Print & Book Culture
Facing-page manuscript with illustration of fish and spiral design with Hebrew list below on right side, and illustrations of ram's head and bull's head with Hebrew lists below on left page.
Toledot Adam (The Generations of Adam)
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This two-page spread from Elijah ben Moses Loanz’s Toledot Adam (The Generations of Adam) includes examples of some of the kabbalistic amulets and formulae for which he was famous.

Contributor:

Elijah Loanz

Places:

Wilhermsdorf, Holy Roman Empire (Wilhermsdorf, Germany)

Date:

1734

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Amulets, Astrology, Mysticism, Kabbalah

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Magical Texts, Magical Objects
Facing-page Hebrew manuscript with charts with Hebrew letters on left side, and geometric drawings on right side.