Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Other related names

• Moldovan, Joseph, donor
• Moldovan, Susan, donor

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9978868919703681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1336503776

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Origin

Date

1870?-1899?

Summary

This is a manuscript of an (unrolled) amulet written for protection against spirits and the evil eye during pregnancy; written on a long, thin sheet of paper to be rolled and worn in a necklace or locket, the paper is now torn and the item has been reassembled into three leaves, numbered in the original order of the amulet roll. Ciphers, names, and incantations written in an Eastern square script; prayers, verses, and explanations written in an Eastern cursive-semicursive hybrid script. Cipher and Divine name inside a six-pointed star (f. 2r); Name of God of the forty-two letters (Shem HaMephorash; f. 3r). Item likely originated in eastern Iraq (or perhaps Iran) during the final quarter of the 19th century.

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Provenance

• GIFT FROM THE MOLDOVAN FAMILY COLLECTION By Joseph T. Moldovan C'76 and Susan A. Moldovan C'76. Donated in Honor and Memory of Jean and Dr. Alfred Moldovan.
   

Subjects topical

• Amulets (Judaism)--Specimens
• Childbirth--Religious aspects--Judaism
• Jews--Iraq--19th century--History--Sources

Genres

• Manuscripts, Aramaic--19th century
• Manuscripts, Hebrew--19th century
• amulets

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 3r — Name of God of the forty-two letters

Decorations

• fol. 2r — Cipher and Divine name inside a six-pointed star