[8 amulets in different languages] – Antique Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [8 amulets in different languages], an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[8 amulets in different languages]
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Eight amulets, each inscribed in a different language, are arranged across this engraved plate dated 1676. It appears as table VI in Julius Reichelt's *Exercitatio de Amuletis*, a scholarly dissertation on charms and protective objects. Such amulets were worn or kept to guard against illness, misfortune, and harmful influence, and learned writers of the period often collected and compared them as evidence of how widely these practices ranged. The plate was placed in front of the text, so it served as a visual reference for the written discussion.
| Created / published | 1676 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Julius Reichelt, Exercitatio de Amuletis..., 1676, table VI (in front of book). Reference copy may be in SSF - AMULETS. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,074 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108831 |
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