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Sefer Raziel (also known as The Book of Raziel the Angel) is a book of practical kabbalah that may have been composed in the thirteenth century, though scholars believe parts of it date from earlier…
Contributor:
Moses Mendez Coutinho
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1701
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This printed amulet, from Germany, was made for infant boys. The amulet has a companion, for a girl child (see “Amulet for a Newborn Girl”). The text in the center of the amulet is surrounded by a…
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Artist Unknown
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Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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This impressive cut-paper birth amulet is in the form of the double eagle, the symbol of the Habsburg Monarchy (and pre-partition Poland) and thus a popular motif in Galician Jewish folk art. It is…
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Russian Empire (Ukraine, Ukraine)
Date:
Early 20th Century
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This printed amulet to protect a woman in childbirth features a central scene depicting Adam and Eve and several animals in the Garden of Eden, with a snake coiled around the forbidden “tree of…
Contributor:
Abraham Bar Jacob
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1700
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Printed amulet for an infant girl from Germany. It was (presumably) printed alongside its companion amulet for a male child (see “Amulet for a Newborn Boy”). However, the pair were separated. A woman…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Westheim, Holy Roman Empire (Westheim, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750