Img. ID: 578826
The following description was prepared by William Gross:
An early version of what became the standard form of birth amulet in Jerusalem, the imagery presents both a protective angel and a hand, represented by the traditional form of the "wisdom of the hand" and the central element of the Hamsah in the form of a Kabbalistic hand, providing protective values to the printed sheet. This version of the amulet contains the Shir LeMa'alot, a "Lachash" against the evil eye by the Chida, and the story of Eliyahu meeting Lilit. This sheet was printed in gold ink by one of the early printers of Jerusalem, Shemuel Zuckerman. Zuckerman arrived in Israel as a child in 1856 and learned the art of printing from Israel Bak in 1872. He worked in different presses until he had his own printing house in 1886. He was an active printer and there are almost 60 examples of his work in the Gross Family Collection.
Printer: Shemuel ben Ya'akov Halevi Zuckerman
O | Ornamentation: | Full page framed
O | Ornamentation: | Title, framed
K | Kabbalistic diagram | Kabbalistic alphabet
A | Angel | Angel, multi-winged
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