Manuscript, Amulets and Segulot – Yemen, 19th Century

Manuscript, Amulets and Segulot – Yemen, 19th Century

Manuscript, amulets, Segulot, cures, zodiacs and Goralot. [Yemen, ca. 19th century.]
Thick volume in unskilled Yemenite script. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.
Amulets, Segulot and cures, zodiacs and Goralot. Leaves from other manuscripts are combined with this manuscript, including some pieces of paper with inscriptions of names to pray for, and more.

[278] leaves. 12 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including many dampstains and ink stains. Wear, small tears and open tears, affecting text to several leaves. Several leaves disconnected. Primitively-tanned leather binding, partially disconnected, with a cord for tying. Placed in a new case.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.033.

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