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Contributor:
Moses Mendez Coutinho
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1701
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A baby that has fallen from a high place and become mute, his mother should take his hand and place it in her womb and afterwards thrust that hand into the mouth of the baby. After that, the woman…
Contributor:
Joel Ba‘al Shem Heilprin
Places:
Zamość, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Zamość, Poland)
Date:
16th Century
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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…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
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Date:
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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Date:
ca. 1750
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Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Westheim, Holy Roman Empire
(Westheim, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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Printed birth amulet. The decorative borders are composed of printers’ devices and decorations that were used by printers in Fürth (Bavaria), so it is assumed that this amulet was printed in that city…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Fürth, Holy Roman Empire
(Fürth, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750