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Zeh ha-sefer toledot Adam (This Is the Book of the Generations of Adam)
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The art of chiromancy (palmistry), which divines a person’s nature and often his or her future by examining the palm and fingers (and sometimes forehead), dates back to the ancient Near East and…

Contributor:

Moses ben Elijah Gallena

Places:

Crete, Venice (Crete, Greece)

Date:

1715

Subjects:

Mysticism, Kabbalah, Jewish languages, Yiddish, Translation, Magical objects

Categories:

Magical Texts
Facing-page printed text with Hebrew on right side and image of hand with Hebrew letters in side on left side.
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, Magical objects

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.