Paraliterary text: ENA 3906.4

Paraliterary text ENA 3906.4

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 3906.4
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Ṭarsh in Arabic: block-printed text, probably for use as an amulet. Unidentified content. See Karl R. Schaefer, Enigmatic Charms: Medieval Arabic Block Printed Amulets in American and European Libraries and Museums (2006), in Richard W. Bulliet, "Medieval Arabic Tarsh: A Forgotten Chapter in the History of Printing," JAOS 107 (1987) or in Mark Muehlhaeusler, "Eight Arabic Block Prints from the Collection of Aziz S. Atiya," Arabica 55 (2008). MR

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 3906, fol. 4; ENA 3906, f. 4
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA 3906.4 1

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1

ENA 3906.4 2

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2
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  • ENA 3906.4: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 3906.4. Description by Marina Rustow available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/10071/ (accessed October 14, 2026).