Home
Object Alone

Obj. ID: 53898
  Sacred and Ritual
  Amulet for a male child, Vilnius (Vilna, Wilno), 1883

© Gross Family Collection, Photographer: Bar Hama, Ardon,

1 image(s)

sub-set tree:

Name/Title
Amulet for a male child | Unknown
Object Detail
Date
1883
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community
Unknown |
Location
Unknown |
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Period Detail
Gross Family Collection No.
027.011.067
Collection
Material/Technique
Paper, Ink, Letterpress
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height: 21.3 cm, Width: 14 cm
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Hallmark
Iconographical Subject
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Description

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

This amulet was printed for the birth of a male child. An almost identical amulet was printed with it for the birth of a female child (Gross 027.011.066). These amulets feature the "shir le-ma'alot" prayer, the names of the patriarchal couples, and specific formulas against Lilith.
Amulets printed in Vilnius are not common.

The date of the first censorship approval is 1870, some 13 years before the printing date, so one can assume that this example is not the first printing. That fact is confirmed by Gross 027.011.227, a sheet of six amulets identical to this. That sheet was printed in the same year, when the censorship approval was given, 1870.

These amulets were printed at the room press in Vilnius, the largest Jewish press in the area in the 19th century, and the printers of the classic form of the Talmud from that time. The huge building housing their press still stands in Vilnius and must have held hundreds of workers.

Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
|
Researcher
|
Architectural Drawings
|
Computer Reconsdivuction
|
Section Head
|
Language Editor
|
Donor
|