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Amulets for the evil eye; tested. Write on either a kosher or deerskin parchment, on a day of [reading from] the Torah, before eating anything. And calculate in that hour which day it is and which…
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Anonymous
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16th or 17th Century
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Moses Mendez Coutinho
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1701
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1725
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Printed amulet for infant boy. This amulet has a companion, for a female child; however, the pair were separated. The text in the center of the amulet is surrounded by a Baroque design with decorative…
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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Unknown
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ca. 1600
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Other works by Loanz: Rinat dodim (1600); Mikhol yofi (1695); Aderet Eliyahu: perush ha-Zohar (1998).
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Elijah Loanz
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Wilhermsdorf, Holy Roman Empire
(Wilhermsdorf, Germany)
Date:
1734
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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Eighteenth-century German amulet printed with unique designs. The use of the names of the three angels, Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Smangalaf, indicates the use of this amulet as a birth protection for…
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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Abraham Bar Jacob
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1700
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An amulet for a person with the falling sickness [epilepsy—Ed.]. He should wear it [the amulet] around his neck, and he should fast and ritually immerse, and it should be written in the first hour at…
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Anonymous
Date:
16th or 17th Century