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.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965, associated name
Published / Created:
n.d.
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 932
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
One black wool vest lined with polished cotton, which was made by the tailor J.C. Littlefield of Boston and owned by T. S. Eliot. The maker's tag on the inside of the back buckle strap was signed: "T. S. Eliot Sept. 27/06." The vest was given by Eliot to Andrew Carnduff Ritchie, who wore it at a formal event at Eliot's parish church in England.
Description:
Gift of Jane Thompson Ritchie, 1979., T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), American author who lived and worked in England., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Eliot, T. S.--(Thomas Stearns),--1888-1965 and Ritchie, Andrew Carnduff,--associated name