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Bidding Information
Lot #    8650
Auction End Date    12/7/2004 12:34:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Amulet
Title (Hebrew)    чойт
Author    [Ms. - Vellum - Kabbalah]
City    North Africa or Israel
Publication Date    19th cent.
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   [1] p., 108:50 mm., light staining, ink on vellum, two skins, Rashi script, several illustrations.
          
Detailed
Description
   Kabbalistic amulet for a gentleman Ezekiel David b. Rima, to be protected from disease and evil eye. The amulet contains mysterious Kabbalistic letters; a nine box square in a palm acrostic in which powerful inscriptions are secretly placed to exert their beneficent influence; a Hexagram with similiar inscriptions.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
Other:    North Africa
  
Subject
  
Kabbalah:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Other:    Amulet
  
Kind of Judaica