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Sloane MS 3582

Record Id:
040-003314232
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002112337
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100031725481.0x000005
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 3582
Title:
Amulet
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002112337
040-003314232
Is part of:
Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts

 

Sloane MS 3582 : Amulet
Hierarchy:
032-002112337[4127]/040-003314232
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 folio
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Sloane_MS_3582 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1400-1599
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Sir Hans Sloane
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Sloane MS 3582

Amulet

Contents

A magical spell.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 100r-100v
Title: Ḳame῾a
Title: קמיע

A protective amulet. On the lower half in the middle, a reference to the standard magical names (סנוי וכו'), followed by transpositions of מכשפה לא תחיה, etc. On the left, with a design in the shape of a hand, בן פרת יוסף וכו'. On the right, diagrams of the Star of David, inscribed with Shaddai, and other names.

On the four margins, the text והסיר יהוה ממך כך חלי וכו', etc.

Physical Description

Parchment leaf of the 15th or 16th century.
Form: leaf
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 242 × 200 mm.
Dimensions (written): 225 × 180 mm.
Foliation:

Folio 100 (within a larger parchment and paper codex).

Collation

1 separate leaf within a miscellaneous codex.

Condition

Stained.

Tidemarks.

Dirt and mould-damaged edges.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 15

Written lines: 15

Uniform layout.

Diagrams.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script of the 15th or 16th century.

Binding

BM in-house, with Sloane's coat of arms.

Spine: 'Miscell. Papers. Arabic. Persian. Hebrew. Etc. Brit. Mus. Bibl. Sloan. 3582.'

History

Origin: 15th-16th century ; Unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

Sir Hans Sloane: baronet, physician and collector (b. 1660, d. 1753): in his collection; acquired by the British Museum in 1753.

1753

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Sloane_MS_3582 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 1051.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL