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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.
Child Sacrifice in Relief
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Child sacrifice in relief, Pozo Moro, Spain, ca. 500 BCE. The relief shows a two-headed monster receiving offerings in bowls. One bowl holds a child. Because the site shows Phoenician influence, the…

Places:

Pozo Moro, Kingdom of Iberia (Madrid, Spain)

Date:

ca. 500 BCE

Subjects:

Sacrifice, Children, Archaeology, Anthropology
Stone relief of human-like monster in a chair and several animals and figures.

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