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[Collection of amulets, charms, remedies, and magic bowls]

Also known as [קמעות, קמעות, תרופות וקערות קסם]

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  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Hebrew
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of [Collection of amulets, charms, remedies, and magic bowls] (1700). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Ritual magic and grimoires, Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

Subjects: History, Occultism, Cabala, Religious aspects, Judaism, Sources, 18th century, Amulets

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the edition title, “Magic” in the edition notes, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· in title
    • “Magic”· in edition title
    • “Magic”· in edition notes
    • “Talismans”· in edition notes
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Cabala”. Retained metadata contains “Cabala” in the subject metadata.

    • “Cabala”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Cabala”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

105 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 170 x 130 mm bound to 180 x 145 mm.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.; Decoration: Magic bowl illustration (f. 21r), illustrations of amulets (such as f. 29v, f. 98v), pseudo-scripts, goralot tables (such as f. 60r, f. 55r), olivewood talismans (f. 29v).; Hebrew and Aramaic (many amulets and texts of incantations in Aramaic).; Layout: Written in single columns, with captions above column; illustrations built-in to text column (such as f. 76r); mantras written in three tapered columns (f. 105v); some catchwords, some blind-ruling.; Ms. composite codex.; Origin: Written in Turkey during the 18th century (original manuscripts), possibly bound as two composite manuscripts (based on older foliation), circa 1800.; Script: Written in Turkish cursive and semicursive scripts, in multiple hands; some amuletic and incantations vocalized (such as f. 98v).; Title supplied by cataloger.

1700[1700-1799]Hebrew—Public download

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Identifiers

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  • ark:/81431/p3833p079

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9979215023603681
  • Physical location: Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 658
  • Provenance: Formerly owned by Tel Aviv collector William L. Gross (Kedem); former call number The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, OT.011.021.; Gross, William L., former owner.; Sold by Kedem Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 93 part 1, lot 80 (as part of selections from the Gross Family Collection).
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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