Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
Manuscript, Segulot, Cures and Amulets – Morocco, 19th/20th Century
Manuscript, Segulot, cures and amulets. [Morocco, late 19th century or early 20th century.]
Western script. Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Many kabbalistic illustrations and diagrams.
Contains a large selection of amulets and Segulot for various matters. Goral on p. 52a. Table of names of prophets according to Islam on p. 71a, followed by Hashbaot for them (including Muhammad). On p. 84a is a formula for a divorce document, naming the city Marrakesh.
[106] leaves (17 last leaves bound later, with personal accounts in a later hand). 21.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear, tears and open tears, affecting text. Disconnected leaves. Old, damaged binding. Placed in a new box.
At the beginning of the manuscript is bound Refael HaMalach by R. Yehudah Yudel Rosenberg [Łódź, ca. 1930]. 128 pages. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Many tears and open tears, affecting text. Disconnected leaves.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.063.
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