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Sefirotic Tree
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This elaborate Italian kabbalistic manuscript depicts the inner processes of the divine (the sefirot) in the shape of a tree (in Hebrew, ilan), or tree of life. Visualization plays an important part…

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Artist Unknown

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Date:

Early 16th Century

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Mysticism, Sefirot, Animals, Astrology

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Science & Philosophy, Astronomy
Manuscript page with Hebrew text in a half circle shape with many interior circles and branches, with center illustration of a person with three winged animals and an angel, another illustration on the left of person with a crown, and drawings along the perimeter of the half circle.
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…

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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.
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.