A bowl with inscribed incantations.
“Jewish Amulets from Eastern Europe: A Multicultural Approach”, lecture given by Daniela Schmid, of Dr Ariel Muzicant Collection, Vienna, at the conference: Constructing and Deconstructing Jewish Art, Bar-Ilan University and the Israel Science Foundation, September 2015.
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