An amulet on long scroll of vellum or snake skin, rolled around a central axis into a silver hexagonal tube with a cap; niello etched in an arabesque pattern in gold, with three loops where a chain can go through, so that it can be worn as a necklace. The scroll is written in a long central column surrounded by eight different rectangular compartments in different colors. The central column contains Surat al-Qadr (Qurʼan: Chapter 97), followed by Surāt al-Fātiḥat (Qurʼan: Chapter 1), followed by the Creator's verse of Sūrat al-Ḥajj (Qurʼan: Chapter 22:65), followed by a long invocation asking God for help and guidance, followed by a Shiʻī invocation asking for the intecession of Imām ʻAlī, followed by a magic square. The amulet is meant to have magical powers to protect the owner. Name of copyist (and/or creator) and place and date of copying/and or production not mentioned, probably from the 18th or 19th century.
Description:
39.5 x 6 cm., Incipit: Starts with Sūrat al-Qadr (Qurʼan: Chapter 97): "Innā anzalnāhu fī Laylat al-Qadr ...", Romanization supplied by cataloger., The central part of the amulet is written in ruqʻah/naskh script and the compartments in thulth script, in black, blue, red and gold., and Title supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Amulets (Islam)--Early works to 1800., Arabic manuscripts., Islamic magic--Early works to 1800., Prayer--Islam--Early works to 1800., Qurʼan.--Sūrat al-Fātiḥah--Early works to 1800., Qurʼan.--Sūrat al-Ḥajj--Early works to 1800., and Qurʼan.--Sūrat al-qadr--Early works to 1800.
Minamoto, Toshiyori, approximately 1055-approximately 1129. 源俊頼, approximately 1055-approximately 1129.
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1479
Image Count:
29
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment of Sanbōe, or Illustrated Three Jewels, a Buddhist text by Tamenori Minamoto, copied by Toshiyori Minamoto in 1120. Text is from "Kanbutsu" section of Sanbō ekotoba. Hanging scroll, ink on paper.
Alternative Title:
東大寺切, 1120.
Description:
"Sanbō ekotoba, gekan, Sōbō, shigatsu, dai 18, Kanbutsu" no dankan nimaitsugi., 「三寶絵詞, 下卷, 僧寶, 四月, 第一八, 灌佛」の断簡二枚継., From the collection of the Sekido family. Purchased from Gogatsudo on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2018., and Housed in a box inscribed by Shigemi Komatsu.