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Amulets

Images

  • Contents of a Breverl, showing the emblems of various Saints.
  • A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.
  • The book of talismans, amulets, and zodiacal gems / by William Thomas and Kate Pavitt.
  • A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.
  • Amuletic flask or container of crystal.
  • Vipern Schnürre : die von Hyeronimus Mantovani, Apotheker zum Welterlösers-Schilde in der sogenannten Calle larga S. Marco in Venedig auf eine ganz besondere Art zubereitet werden / Girolamo Mantovani.
  • 4 groups of crosses and medals, Mortlellet collection Paris.
  • An ornate lucky charm in the form of a hand. Chromolithograph.
  • Electro-galvanic necklet, made up of plaques and of links.
  • A postcard a lucky charm which is illustrated by a hunchback. Chromolithograph.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Amulets and magic bowls : Aramaic incantations of late antiquity / by Joseph Naveh, Shaul Shaked.

    Naveh, Joseph. | Date: [1985], ©1985
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    Two Yorkshire charms or amulets : exorcisms and adhurations / by the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth.

    Wordsworth, Christopher, 1807-1885. | Date: [1903]
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    The Evil Eye (ayin hara-ah) / by Harry Friedenwald.

    Friedenwald, Harry, 1864-1950. | Date: 1939
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    Sobre amuletos de los Pascuenses / Marcelo Bórmida.

    Bórmida, Marcelo. | Date: 1951
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    Die Binde der Rechfertigung (Lefâfa ṣedeḳ) : (Fortsetzung) / Sebastian Euringer.

    Euringer, Sebastian, 1865- | Date: 1940
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