Magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect

A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.

A postcard illustrating a variety of good luck charms. Chromolithograph.

St. Benedict's penny. On one side a representation of the Saint.

Medical talisman, to ward off plague (Chinese C19 woodcut)

Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.

Nail figure used to fix oaths and heal the sick

A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.

Medical talisman for menstrual problems (Chinese MS)

Medical talisman against miscarriage (Chinese MS)

Witches putting a creature in a boiling cauldron. Lithograph after Biard.

Medical talisman for irregular menstruation (Chinese MS)

Human figure, with hands and feet shackled, its body incorporating a mandala (?). Ink drawing, Tibet, 1850/1910?.

1 volume<br/>12 leaves + 235 ff. + 4 leaves 4 to. 20 + 151/2 cm. Original vellum binding, 18th cent. flowered paper back; both leather ties defective. Some leaves are wanting after the 11th preliminary leaf, and at the end: foleave 225 is also wanting.

Mogliettis, Giuseppe de

1 volume<br/>2 leaves + 245 pp. + 5 leaves + 1 l. + 239 pp. + 16 pp. + pp. 22-29 + 6 leaves + 1 l. + 21 leaves + 1 l. + 19 pp. + 4 leaves + 61 pp. + 10 leaves Modern buckram binding over wooden boards. Pp. 17-22 of the 'Vieh Churen' are wanting, some leaves have been cut out: the first 5 leaves and the last 3 leaves repaired. Some leaves have been damaged in rebinding, and some in the indexes rebound in wrong order. Title-pages and headings in red.

Nessel, Franz Friedrich

1 volume<br/>147 leaves 4to. 20 x 14 cm. On paper and vellum. Original deer-skin binding, with a contemporary leather slip-on cover. Two modern leather and metal clasps. By several hands, with a few 17th century additions. A new foliation in pencil has been added, but there is an older (16th century) foliation in ink. The new pencil foliation accidentally duplicates f. 112, and is corrected in pencil from f. 113. The following leaves (new foliation) appear to be wanting: The first 6 folios; between folios 9 and 10, 1 leaf; between folios 11 and 12, 2 leaves; between folios 53 and 54, one leaf: between folios 83 and 84, 4 leaves; between folios 96 and 97, 108 and 109, one leaf; between folios 114 and 115, 2 leaves; between folios 145 and 145, 3 leaves. Many leaves are worn, with frayed margins. Initials, paragraph marks and headings in red. A number of entries, mainly charms, have been struck through or obliterated with ink.

Middle English medical miscellany, including receipts and charms (Leech-Books, VI)

Compass encased within a shell, good luck charm

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Charms

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Mogliettis, Giuseppe de

Nessel, Franz Friedrich

Nail figure used to fix oaths and heal the sick

Middle English medical miscellany, including receipts and charms (Leech-Books, VI)

Compass encased within a shell, good luck charm

Charms

Images from the collections

Images about Charms

Works from the collections

Mogliettis, Giuseppe de

Nessel, Franz Friedrich

Nail figure used to fix oaths and heal the sick

Middle English medical miscellany, including receipts and charms (Leech-Books, VI)

Compass encased within a shell, good luck charm

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