Manuscript, ink and paint on paper. The Shiviti contains kabbalistic and micrographic designs. Handwritten and illuminated in black, brown, red, and gold on paper. The inscriptions in the squares at the bottom of the inner border indicate that this shiviti was given as a gift to a woman, Sinyorah ʻAzizah, wife of Sinyor Mosheh Mordekhai Eliyaʼu Leṿi. Although a shiviti is a votive tablet designed to be hung on a synagogue wall to exhort the congregation to more intense prayer, this shiviti may have been used also as an amulet. The central design is in the form of the ten sefirot in the shape of circles, the ten attributes of God in kabbalistic lore. Five of the sefirot have the first five days of the week assigned to them. On the bottom of the outside border on each side are the tablets of the 10 commandments. Above them are two six-cornered stars in micrographic form, and above them are two seven-branched candelabra in micrographic form. The verses of Psalm 67 form the shape of the candelabrum on the right, and a prayer, "Ana be-khoaḥ," forms the shape of the candelabrum on the left hand side. Above the candelabra are circles, which contain portions of the priestly blessing.
Alternative Title:
שויתי : מרוקו, סוף המאה ה-19 או תחילת המאה ה-20.
Subject (Geographic):
Morocco--Religious life and customs.
Subject (Topic):
Amulets (Judaism), Jewish art and symbolism., Prayer--Judaism., and Religious articles--Morocco.
Sheet for recording names and the anniversaries of deaths, or the yarzheit (alternate spelling: yortsayt, yahrzeit, and yartzeit), from the Yiddish for "time of year."
Alternative Title:
Bet Ulfna Rabte Itur Rabonim and Beth Ulfna Rabte Itur Rabonim
Inserted folding leaf : ""Effigies tabvlae smaragdinae."" : 2 representations of the emerald tablet of Hermes. In Hebrew on the left and an exotic tongue (representing Chaldean?) on the right.
Description:
Engraved plate, 185 x 235 mm., tipped in inside front cover., MS consists of 3 loose quires in cover., On paper., and Single columns 175 x 120 mm. bordered in pencil, without ruling.
Subject (Name):
Hermes, Trismegistus. Tabula smaragdina
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy and Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
Ff. 1r-122r. Psalter, Dawit, ዳዊት: Ff. 1r–109v: Psalms of David, መዝሙር ዘዳዊት; Psalm 77 does not mark the midpoint; Psalm 119 identifies the spiritual meaning of the Hebrew letters with the simple modern system; Psalm 151 contains the short version; ff. 110r–121r: Biblical Canticles, መሓልየ ነቢያት; ff. 135v–143r: Song of Songs, መኃልየ መኃልይ, common version; ff. 143r–151v: Praises of Mary, ውዳሴ ማርያም, arranged for the days of the week: Monday (f. 143r), Tuesday (f. 144r), Wednesday (f. 145r), Thursday (f. 147r), Friday (f. 148v), Saturday (f. 149v), Sunday (f. 150v); ff. 151v–154v: Gate of Light, አንቀጸ ብርሃን., Illuminations and Pictures: f. i r(ecto): clippings of photographs from a Swedish magazine of braided hair of three Ethiopian women; f. ii r (ecto): photograph of the entrance up the rope to Dabra Damo; f. ii v (erso): picture of Ethiopians gathered for a meal with the following caption: “Traditional dinner of fiery stew and barley beer spreads before the author, who was invited to the home of a family in Lalibela, kneeling hostess serves the meal. Musicians play washint and masinko, a flute and one-stringed violin. An isolated village of rock-hewn churches, Lalibela is one of Ethiopia’s holiest places.”, and Manuscript in an unidentified hand of the 20th century, containing psalter, prayers, and songs from the Old Testament.
Description:
Accompanied by ceremonial horsehair whisk., Between wooden boards with four chain stitches. One column (ff.1r-143r); two columns (ff.143r-154v), 23 lines per page. In black and red ink. Mahdar case., Copying of this book was completed on the 30th of Ḫedar., Gift of Viletta Hutchinson., and In Geʻez.
Illuminated plaque on paper with calligraphy and decorative elements. Includes four liturgical poems for Purim customary among Kurdish Jews, verses from the Book of Esther, and the blessings recited before and after the reading of the Megillah.
Description:
Imperfect: mutilated with loss of text and illustration. and Verso blank.
Scroll on vellum. Made about 1750?, at Brody, in Austrian Poland. Minute calligraphic square characters with the names of Haman's sons enlarged and the blessings for recital before and after the reading of the scroll also enlarged. Colored border with several miniatures worked into it. The Jewish dramatis personae are clad in caftans, while Haman and his entourage wear 18th century Polish-Austrian costumes. Colophon : nikhtav poh ḳ.ḳ Brod. There is some water damage to the images at the beginning of the scroll.
Alternative Title:
Bible. O.T. Esther. Hebrew. 1750., Blessings for recital before and after reading the scroll of Esther, Megilat Ester, and מגילת אסתר
Description:
From the Sholem Asch collection, gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz, 1943. and Hebrew (unvocalized).
Subject (Geographic):
Brody (Ukraine)--Religious life and customs.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--O.T.--Esther--Illustrations., Purim--Liturgy--Texts., and Scrolls--Ukraine--Brody.