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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:

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.
Sefirotic Tree
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Kabbalist Elijah Menaḥem ben Abba Mari Ḥalfan constructed this diagram, now stained and torn, with the assistance of his tutor Abraham Sarfati. It depicts the sefirotic system and includes Ḥalfan’s…

Contributor:

Elijah Menaḥem Ḥalfan

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1533

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Kabbalah, Sefirot, Mysticism, Art

Categories:

Print & book culture, Science & philosophy
Manuscript page with Hebrew writing arranged in the form of a tree, with drawings of candelabrum, cherubs, and table in center, and drawing of dragon and figures on bottom left of the page.