![]() ![]() (2) Sotheby's, 7 December 2010, lot 34.Ĭontent: 45 amulets, sigils and diagrams, beginning with talismans offering protection against, among other things, neid und haß (anger and hate), den bösen geiß (the evil spirits) and Zauberij (witchcraft), as well as one petitioning Größen Herren Freundschaft (the friendship of great men). ![]() ![]() Provenance: (1) Johannes Michael (late 16th or early 17th century): his name appears several times in the text on the reverse of the scroll. 5 membranes, with 45 coloured amulets, sigils and diagrams on the obverse, each above a line or paragraph of text in cursive black ink in German or Latin explaining their use on the reverse a number of prayers and incantations listing names of Evangelists and alchemical terms, and naming the owner of the scroll in light brown ink in several instances as Johannes Michael, the texts separated by crosses and roundels (some marginal staining, small losses at top edge of first and second membranes). MAGICAL AND AMULETIC SCROLL OF THE ALCHEMIST JOHANNES MICHAEL, in German and Latin, illuminated manuscript scroll on vellum Ī powerful magical tool containing sigils, amulets and talismans, designed to invoke angelic and spiritual protection for its 17 th -century German alchemist owner, Johannes Michael.Ģ710 x 95mm. ![]()
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