Tag: magic

238 records found
AIU VI.B.31
Magical amulet, to be hung up it seems (scalloped top edge, like a plaque), with the formula "Senoy Sansenoy Semangelof Adam ve-Hava Lilit Hutz." In the binder at AIU with a note: "Amulette pour une femme donnant naissance. Fragment manuscrit, encre sur parchemin" — but actually it's paper. Exhibited in "Anges et démons: croyances et pratiques magiques dans le monde juif" at the Musée d'Art et d'histoire du judaïsme in 2015. 17.2x11.4 cm. Same scalloped top edge and same text as AIU VI.C.9.
AIU VI.B.32
Magical instructions in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic.
AIU VI.B.35
2 bifolia (8 pages), each containing a table corresponding to one of the stones of the Urim ve-Tumim, each one intended to be used for a different sort of Yes/No prognostication (whether so-and-so will be judged fairly... whether so-and-so will be saved from danger... whether so-and-so is righteous or wicked...).
AIU VI.B.39
Leaf of magical instructions.
AIU VI.B.40
Bifolium from a magical/kabbalistic work. Concludes, "Thus far is the answer to what you asked me regarding Sefer ha-Yeẓira."
AIU VI.B.42
Bifolium from a magical work with sexual and obstetric prescriptions.
AIU VI.B.44
Bifolium from a magical work, including illustrations of Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof.
AIU VI.B.48
Magical amulet.
AIU VI.B.57
Leaf of magical instructions.
AIU VI.B.63
Magical instructions.
AIU VI.B.64
Magical/kabbalistic recipes for useful purposes such as protection against thieves or blinding and/or killing one's enemies. Labeled page 238. Same scribe as AIU VI.B.78 + AIU VI.B.149 but perhaps a different work.
AIU VI.B.75
Long fragment containing magical recipes.
AIU VI.B.88
Judaeo-Arabic instructions for making amulets to be hung up, drawing on the power of Quranic verses (e.g. 53:1 والنجم اذا هوى). There is also one line in Arabic.
AIU VI.B.89
Bifolium from a book of prognostications structured on the calendar and astronomical events, in both Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic.
AIU VI.B.91
Several fragments from a kabbalistic and/or magical work.
AIU VI.B.94
Bifolium from a kabbalistic and/or magical work in Judaeo-Arabic as well as Hebrew and Aramaic.
AIU VI.C.1
84 pages of a book of segulot.
AIU VI.C.11
Amulet in Hebrew and Aramaic (and Judaeo-Arabic as well?).
AIU VI.C.15
Fragment of an amulet for healing, with remnants of a design composed of large calligraphic words interwoven with micrography. Curatorial note: Exposition "L'Egypte au temps des Fatimids" Institut de Monde Arabe 1998.
AIU VI.C.17
Amulet for success and against the evil eye, complete with calligraphic angel names, line-and-stick doodles, a star of David, and a magic square on verso.