Amuletic texts in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic : manuscript.
סגולות ורפואות בעברית וביהודית-ערבית.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

North Africa.

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.

Amulets (Judaism)--19th century--Africa, North--Specimens.

Amulets (Judaism).

Judaism--Africa, North.

Judaism.

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Africa, North--19th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic--Africa, North--19th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Jacob Djmal (Brooklyn, New York), 2018.

Physical Description:

11 leaves : paper ; 155 x 105 (135 x 85) mm bound to 170 x 117 mm.

Production:

[North Africa], [1850?-1899]

[צפון אפריקה], [1850?-1899]

Language Note:

In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.

Summary:

This is a manuscript of segulot (supernatural remedies for the prevention against harm) and other remedies for sicknesses and maladies; the manuscript is anonymous and appears North African in script and in its use of amulet designs. The beginning folios appear to be simple cures, and end with letter amulets (f. 1r-3r); the following portion explains themes of supernatural protection (f. 4r-6v) and ends with an amulet design (f. 6v); the final folios are in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, and they contain more material on supernatural remedies. In a modern brown binding with marbled endpapers. Three leaves are embossed with a seal with the word "Bath" and a crown (f. 1, 2, 7).

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 507.

OCLC:

1110108430