Amulet for protection and success (Gaster Amulet 111)
Parchment amulet for protection and success, containing a "shiviti menorah" (Psalms 67 drawn in the shape of a menorah).
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- Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
- Collection: Gaster Amulet Collection
- Classmark: Gaster Amulet 111
- Title: Amulet for protection and success
- Subject(s): Amulets; Judaism--Liturgical objects
- Origin Place: Place of origin not known.
- Date of Creation: 18th-19th century
- Language(s): Hebrew
- Former Owner(s): Gaster, Moses 1856-1939
- Mode: Carried on the person or hung on the wall.
- Function: Protection and success, but also liturgical use.
- Note(s):
Includes divine names and Psalms verses.
- Quotation(s):"שויתי יהוה לנגדי תמיד [...] תמים תהיה עם יי אלהיך [...] דע לפני מי אתה עומד"
- Extent: height: 119 mm, width: 88 mm.
- Material(s): Parchment
- Format: Sheet
- Condition:
Fine. The text is faded but complete.
- Shape: rectangle
- Script:
Hebrew square script.
- Layout: Mainly two columns, with a textual menorah at the centre. Within the rectangular frame are biblical verses.
- Decoration:
Psalms 67 drawn in the shape of a menorah.
- 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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- Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
- Collection: Gaster Amulet Collection
- Classmark: Gaster Amulet 111
- Title: Amulet for protection and success
- Subject(s): Amulets; Judaism--Liturgical objects
- Origin Place: Place of origin not known.
- Date of Creation: 18th-19th century
- Language(s): Hebrew
- Former Owner(s): Gaster, Moses 1856-1939
- Mode: Carried on the person or hung on the wall.
- Function: Protection and success, but also liturgical use.
- Note(s):
Includes divine names and Psalms verses.
- Quotation(s):"שויתי יהוה לנגדי תמיד [...] תמים תהיה עם יי אלהיך [...] דע לפני מי אתה עומד"
- Extent: height: 119 mm, width: 88 mm.
- Material(s): Parchment
- Format: Sheet
- Condition:
Fine. The text is faded but complete.
- Shape: rectangle
- Script:
Hebrew square script.
- Layout: Mainly two columns, with a textual menorah at the centre. Within the rectangular frame are biblical verses.
- Decoration:
Psalms 67 drawn in the shape of a menorah.
- 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.
