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Treatise on amulets and practical Cabala : manuscript.
ספר אודות קמיעות וקבלה מעשית.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts CAJS Rar Ms 698
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Judeo-Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish magic.
- Jewish astrology.
- Cabala.
- Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic--19th century--Specimens.
- Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic.
- Jews--Egypt--19th century--History--Sources.
- Jews.
- Jews--Syria--19th century--History--Sources.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Kedem Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 70 (31 March 2020) item 261.
- Physical Description:
- 28 leaves : paper, illustrations, charts ; 22 x 21 cm
- Production:
- [Egypt? Syria?], [1860?-1899?].
- [מצרים? סוריה?], [1860?-1899?].
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew, with some words in Judeo-Arabic.
- Summary:
- Manuscript treatise on practical Cabala, astrology, and angels, and instruction on writing amulets (including some Paleo-Hebrew charachters for amulets, such as f. 17r). Angelic scripts illustrated in centered diagrams (such as f. 14r, "וזה קולמוס גבריאל") and astrological diagrams inside drawn tables (such as f. 14v). Written in a Sephardic semicursive script, with Egyptian influence (item possibly originated in Egypt (paper and script), or otherwise Syria); ciphers and names written in a Sephardic square script; item disbound.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Cited as:
- Treatise on amulets and practical Cabala (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 698). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 1422813074
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