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1. Amulet : manuscript.
- 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.
2. [Shoulder tabs from Karl von Freyburg's uniform]
- 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]