Two amulets for the recovery of Marimah bat Masʻudah.
קמיעות לרפואת מרימה בת מסעודה.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Karp, Abraham J., former owner.

Abraham J. and Deborah Karp Collection of Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Morocco.

Amulets (Judaism)--Specimens.

Amulets (Judaism).

Diseases--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Diseases.

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Morocco--20th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic--Morocco--20th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic.

Marimah bat Masʻudah.

Jews.

History.

Local Subjects:

Marimah bat Masʻudah.

Genre:

Sources.

Specimens.

Amulets.

Cryptograms.

Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 20th century.

Cryptograms

Penn Provenance:

Formerly in the collection of Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Karp.

Physical Description:

2 items (2 leaves) : paper

Production:

[Morocco], [between 1930-1950]

Language Note:

In Hebrew; item 1 with some words in Judeo-Arabic.

Summary:

These are manuscript amulets written for Marimah (called Miriyam on the second amulet) bat Masʻudah, who was sick and staying at a hospital. The first amulet contains ciphers and prayers in a scheme surrounding a grid with the words מכשפה לא תחיה (sorceresses must not live, from Exodus 22:17; this custom assumes that the hidden meaning of the verse is to refer to demons) with a prayer for the recovery of Marimah and the safety of the hospital workers. The second amulet is an invocation of the healing angels and a prayer against "demons, demonesses, Lilin (a male Lilith), Lilith, ailments of the heart, séances, and depressions". First amulet written in a Moroccan semicursive script, with ciphers on heading in a Moroccan square script; second amulet written in a Moroccan cursive script, with angel names in a Moroccan square script. Both items previously folded into jewelery and worn as amulets.

Cited as:

UPenn Karp BII.22-3.

OCLC:

1275390992