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Amulet book : manuscript.
ספר קמיעות.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts CAJS Rar Ms 790
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Judeo-Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Cabala.
- Angels--Judaism.
- Angels.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew--Syria--19th century--Specimens.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew--Jerusalem--19th century--Specimens.
- Genre:
- Grimoires.
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 137 (14 July 2022) lot 137.
- Physical Description:
- 27 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 21 x 14 cm
- Production:
- [Syria? Jerusalem?], [between 1875? and 1899?]
- [סוריה? ירושלים?], [1875?-1899?]
- Language Note:
- Text in Hebrew, with some lines in Judeo-Arabic.
- Summary:
- Book of instruction for creating amulets, ciphers, magic letters, and angelic handwriting, with diagrams and illustrations (such as: variations of the five- and six-pointed star with Tetragrammatons on f. 20v; a large six-pointed star amulet is on f. 1v), instructions and forms of angel scripts (f. 22r-23v), and some cabalistic prayers (with attribution to Joel Baʻal-Shem of Zamość, Sefer Toledot adam; f. 26r-27v).
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Written in a Syrian cursive script, and ciphers, highlight words, and Tetragrammatons written in an Oriental square script.
- Rebound (antiquated yellow circular royal floral designs, painted on red); blue spine.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.
- Cited as:
- Amulet book (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 790). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- Contains:
- Yoʼel Baʻal-Shem, mi-Zamoshṭsh, approximately 1613-approximately 1697. Sefer Toledot adam. Selections.
- יואל בעל-שם, מזאמוטש. ספר תולדות אדם.
- OCLC:
- 1536515979
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