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   "value": "<p>A medal of Judeo-Christian kabbalistic nature. On one side is the effigy of Jesus, accompanied by names, epithets, and surrounding biblical verses. On the reverse side, a table features various permutations of the Tetragrammaton and angelic names.<\/p><p>See also British Museum <a target='_blank' class='externalLink uom-purple' href='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_OA-1369'>OA.1369<\/a> and no. 618 in <i>Catalogue of the Permanent and Loan Collections of the Jewish Museum London<\/i> (London: Harvey Miller, 1974), p. 115 and Plate CLXIII.<\/p>"
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   "label": "Former Owner(s)",
   "value": "Gaster, Moses 1856-1939"
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   "label": "Decoration",
   "value": "<p>A medal of Judeo-Christian kabbalistic nature. On one side, the effigy of Jesus (adorned with a halo) sits at the centre of three concentric circles within a pentagon. Various names and epithets of Jesus (בן, כבש, לחם פנים, רחל, צאן...) are inscribed within these circles. Three biblical verses surround it (Jeremiah 23:6, Psalms 72:17 and Isaiah 9:5). On the reverse side, there is a 3x4 table featuring different permutations of the Tetragrammaton. There are angelic names.on each side of the table.<\/p>"
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   "label": "Acquisition",
   "value": "Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954."
  },
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   "label": "Title",
   "value": "Amulet for protection"
  },
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   "label": "Mode",
   "value": "Worn or carried on the person."
  },
  {
   "label": "Function",
   "value": "Protection, but possibly also for magic rituals."
  },
  {
   "label": "Date of Creation",
   "value": "17th-19th century"
  },
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   "label": "Script",
   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'><p>Hebrew square script.<\/p><\/div><\/div>"
  },
  {
   "label": "Data Source(s)",
   "value": "Catalogue description is by Gal Sofer (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva); edited by Zsófia Buda."
  },
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   "label": "Language(s)",
   "value": "Hebrew"
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   "label": "Physical Location",
   "value": "The John Rylands Library"
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   "label": "Extent",
   "value": "height: 44 mm, width: 33 mm."
  },
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   "label": "Shape",
   "value": "round"
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   "label": "Classmark",
   "value": "Gaster Amulet 55F"
  },
  {
   "label": "Quotation(s)",
   "value": "<div>\"וזה שמי אשר יקראו יהוה צדקנו יהי שמו לשלם לפני שמש ינון שמו ויקרא שמו פלא יועץ אל גבור אבי עד שר שלום | ישו ישוע יהשוה יהושוע יהושועה...\"<\/div>"
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   "label": "Subject(s)",
   "value": "Amulets"
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   "value": "<p style='text-align: justify;'>A metal Judeo-Christian medal.<\/p>"
  },
  {
   "label": "Collection",
   "value": "Gaster Amulet Collection"
  },
  {
   "label": "Bibliography",
   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>On similar medals see Ira Rezak, \"Engaging Mystery: A Late Medieval Hebrew-Christian kabbalistic Medal\", Shalom Sabar, Emile Schrijver, Falk Wiesemann (eds.), <i>Windows on Jewish Worlds: Essays in Honor of William Gross<\/i> (Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2019), pp. 191-202.<\/div><\/div><br />"
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   "label": "Format",
   "value": "Coin"
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   "label": "Material(s)",
   "value": "Metal"
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   "label": "Condition",
   "value": "<p>Fine, except for noticeable oxidation and damage along the bottom edge.<\/p>"
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  {
   "label": "Date of Acquisition",
   "value": "1954"
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