Gaster Amulets : Tefillin

Gaster Amulets

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Tefillin (Gaster Amulet 67B)

An empty arm-tefillah case with four chambers.

Information about this document

  • Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
  • Collection: Gaster Amulet Collection
  • Classmark: Gaster Amulet 67B
  • Title: Tefillin
  • Language(s): No linguistic content
  • Subject(s): Tefillin
  • Date of Creation: 18th-20th century
  • Former Owner(s): Gaster, Moses 1856-1939
  • Format: Container
  • Material(s): Leather; Parchment
  • Extent: height: 35 mm, width: 50 mm.
  • Technique(s): sewn
  • Mode: Worn during prayer.
  • Function: Liturgy.
  • Shape: rectangle
  • Condition:

    Well preserved

  • 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 67B
    • Title: Tefillin
    • Language(s): No linguistic content
    • Subject(s): Tefillin
    • Date of Creation: 18th-20th century
    • Former Owner(s): Gaster, Moses 1856-1939
    • Format: Container
    • Material(s): Leather; Parchment
    • Extent: height: 35 mm, width: 50 mm.
    • Technique(s): sewn
    • Mode: Worn during prayer.
    • Function: Liturgy.
    • Shape: rectangle
    • Condition:

      Well preserved

    • 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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