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This silver circumcision set was crafted in Salonika in the Ottoman Empire. The cylindrical silver casket holds a circumcision knife; its handle is made from agate. A similarly shaped powder box and…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
18th Century
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To remove a demon [sheyd] from the body of a man or woman, or anything into which a male or female demon has entered
Take an empty flask and a white waxen candle, and recite this adjuration in…
Contributor:
Joseph Tirshom
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1550