- Call Number:
- Arabic MSS suppl. 595
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Amulet : manuscript.
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- Creator:
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 3
- Collection Title:
- Richard Wright papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 128 | Folder 1974
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Alternative Title:
- City life
- Description:
- Removed from collection.
- Subject (Topic):
- Sunglasses
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Eyeglasses [4 pair with cases]
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1350]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 817
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Ivory writing tablet, carved on one side with a scene of the Crucifixion beneath Gothic arches.
- Description:
- Erasable writing tablet.
- Subject (Topic):
- Crucifixion, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Tablets (Paleography)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ivory writing tablet.
- Published / Created:
- 1955
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 3
- Collection Title:
- Richard Wright papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 118 | Folder 1888
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name):
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
- Subject (Topic):
- African American authors --20th century --Archives and Authors, American --20th century --Archives
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Press badge for Bandung Conference
- Creator:
- 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Komatsu, Shigemi, 1925-2010., Minamoto, Tamenori, -1011. Illustrated three jewels., Minamoto, Toshiyori,--approximately 1055-approximately 1129., Sekido family--Ownership., 小松茂美, 1925-2010., and 源俊頼,--approximately 1055-approximately 1129.
- Subject (Topic):
- Buddhism--Early works to 1800. and Japanese Manuscripts.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tōdaiji-gire : manuscript.
- Creator:
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
- Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 3
- Collection Title:
- Richard Wright papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 128 | Folder 1974
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Eyeglasses with star decorations at the corners. Broken lenses.
- Alternative Title:
- City life
- Description:
- Removed from collection.
- Subject (Topic):
- Eyeglasses
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Eyeglasses and case].
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 578
- Collection Title:
- Marsden Hartley collection
- Container / Volume:
- Box 19 | Folder: Hartley photos
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Alternative Title:
- [Epaulettes]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Germany--Armed Forces--Uniforms
- Subject (Name):
- Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943
- Subject (Topic):
- Uniforms--Germany--Prussia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Shoulder tabs from Karl von Freyburg's uniform]