Gaster Amulets : Mezuzah

Parchment mezuzah.

Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
Collection: Gaster Amulet Collection
Classmark: Gaster Amulet 195
Title: Mezuzah
Subject(s): Mezuzah
Origin Place: Morocco
Date of Creation: 17th-19th century
Language(s): Hebrew
Former Owner(s): Gaster, Moses 1856-1939
Mode: Affixed on the doorpost.
Function: Following the Jewish law (halakha), but also used for protection.
Note(s):
With the divine name שדי on the verso side.
Quotation(s):
"שמע ישראל יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד [...] והיה אם שמע תשמעו אל מצותי"
Extent: height: 140 mm, width: 135 mm.
Material(s): Parchment
Format: Roll
Condition:
Usage stains.
Shape: rectangle
Script:
Hebrew square script.
Layout: Ruling is visible; justified left margins.
Provenance: Gaster's label on the verso side: "Mezuzah from Morocco."
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 195
Title: Mezuzah
Subject(s): Mezuzah
Origin Place: Morocco
Date of Creation: 17th-19th century
Language(s): Hebrew
Former Owner(s): Gaster, Moses 1856-1939
Mode: Affixed on the doorpost.
Function: Following the Jewish law (halakha), but also used for protection.
Note(s):
With the divine name שדי on the verso side.
Quotation(s):
"שמע ישראל יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד [...] והיה אם שמע תשמעו אל מצותי"
Extent: height: 140 mm, width: 135 mm.
Material(s): Parchment
Format: Roll
Condition:
Usage stains.
Shape: rectangle
Script:
Hebrew square script.
Layout: Ruling is visible; justified left margins.
Provenance: Gaster's label on the verso side: "Mezuzah from Morocco."
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.