Gaster Amulets : Amulet for protection

Gaster Amulets

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Amulet for protection (Gaster Amulet 45C)

A blue and white bead for protection.

Information about this document

  • Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
  • Collection: Gaster Amulet Collection
  • Classmark: Gaster Amulet 45C
  • Title: Amulet for protection
  • Language(s): No linguistic content
  • Subject(s): Amulets
  • Date of Creation: 19th-20th century
  • Former Owner(s): Gaster, Moses 1856-1939
  • Note(s):

    See also Gaster Amulet 24 and 45C.

  • Physical Description:

    Made of glass (or lapis lazuli).

  • Format: Jewellery
  • Material(s): Glass (or mineral?)
  • Extent: height: 20 mm, width: 12 mm.
  • Mode: Worn or carried on the person.
  • Function: Protection.
  • Shape: cuboid
  • Condition:

    Fine

  • Acquisition: Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954.
  • Date of Acquisition: 1954
  • Data Source(s): Catalogue description is by Gal Sofer (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva); edited by Zsófia Buda.

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    Information about this document

    • Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
    • Collection: Gaster Amulet Collection
    • Classmark: Gaster Amulet 45C
    • Title: Amulet for protection
    • Language(s): No linguistic content
    • Subject(s): Amulets
    • Date of Creation: 19th-20th century
    • Former Owner(s): Gaster, Moses 1856-1939
    • Note(s):

      See also Gaster Amulet 24 and 45C.

    • Physical Description:

      Made of glass (or lapis lazuli).

    • Format: Jewellery
    • Material(s): Glass (or mineral?)
    • Extent: height: 20 mm, width: 12 mm.
    • Mode: Worn or carried on the person.
    • Function: Protection.
    • Shape: cuboid
    • Condition:

      Fine

    • Acquisition: Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954.
    • Date of Acquisition: 1954
    • Data Source(s): Catalogue description is by Gal Sofer (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva); edited by Zsófia Buda.

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