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Vetvstissimae tabvlae aeneae sacris Aegyptiorum simulachris coelatae accurata explicatio, in qua antiquissimarum superstitionum origines, progressiones, ritus ad barbaram, graecam, romanamque historiam illustrandam enarrantur, & multa scriptorum veterum loca qua explanantur, qua emendantur / Avctore Lavrentio Pignorio patavino.
Pignoria, Lorenzo, 1571-1631.Date: 1605
Archives and manuscripts
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M0000857: Drawings of flints and small axe heads
Date: 28 July 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/8/44
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Archives and manuscripts
M0011899: Photograph of five silver pomanders from the 17th century
Date: 1951Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/105/98
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Archives and manuscripts
Online
M0005304: Belgian, Russian and Polish dental charms and amulets
Date: November 1937Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/43/35
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Archives and manuscripts
M0012173: Photograph of two medallions, one depicting St. George and the dragon, which were worn by sailors as amulets to prevent drowning
Date: 1951Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/108/53
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Archives and manuscripts
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M0005305: English dental charms and amulets
Date: November 1937Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/43/36
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Various gold trinkets, pieces of gold jewelry, gold amulets, stools, gold nuggets and scales for measuring gold. Engraving.
Reference: 18416i
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The materiality of magic / edited by Dietrich Boschung and Jan N. Bremmer.
Date: [2015]
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An itinerant salesman selling amulets against the bites of snakes and other animals to a crowd of people who purchase them eagerly. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1815.
Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.Date: 1815Reference: 20943i
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A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 18420i
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The complete book of amulets & talismans / Migene González-Wippler.
González-Wippler, MigeneDate: 2012
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Virtuous words, stones and rings : Renaissance books and amuletic jewellery / [a collaborative exhibition between the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine and the Medieval and Later Antiquites Department of the British Museum displayed as adjunct to the conference 'Medicine in the Renaissance City' 26 and 27 March 1999].
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.Date: [1999]
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Amulette und Talismane : Symbole des magischen Alltags / Astrid und Joachim Knuf.
Knuf, Astrid.Date: 1984
Archives and manuscripts
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M0005302: Dental amulets and charms: Tooth of the Wolf from Palestine and a necklace of cayx lacrima seeds, from Transvaal
Date: November 1937Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/43/33
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Charmed life : the solace of objects : 6 October 2011 - 26 February 2012 / Felicity Powell.
Powell, Felicity.Date: 2011
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Good luck / [Aishlingdraws.com].
Aishlingdraws.comDate: [2018]
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M0001525: Photograph of four groups of mounted pilgrimage medals and votive amulets, including fascinus/fascinum (divine or winged phallus)
Date: January 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/14/24
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Pictures
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A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 18421i
Digital Images
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Electro-galvanic necklet, made up of plaques and of links.
Books
What's on? : Nov - Jan / Wellcome Collection.
Wellcome Collection.Date: 2011
Archives and manuscripts
Online
M0001523: Photograph of four groups of mounted religious medallions and carved stone amulets
Date: 01 January 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/14/22
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Die magischen Heil- und Schutzmittel aus der unbelebten Natur, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Mittel gegen den bösen Blick : eine Geschichte des Amulettwesens / von S. Seligmann.
Seligmann, Siegfried, 1870-1926.Date: 1927
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Spells against plague and witchcraft with Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch (left); Saint John Nepomucen (right). Etching.
Reference: 11109i
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Talisman Turc : ein Beitrag zur magisch-quadratischen Dechiffrierung von Liebes- und Krankheits-Amuletten zum Ursprung und Wesen magischer Quadrate sowie zur wissenschaftlichen Periodologie / Von dr. med. Ferdinand Maack.
Maack, Ferdinand, 1861-1930.Date: [1926]
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Amuletic flask or container of crystal.

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M0000857: Drawings of flints and small axe heads

M0011899: Photograph of five silver pomanders from the 17th century

M0005304: Belgian, Russian and Polish dental charms and amulets

M0012173: Photograph of two medallions, one depicting St. George and the dragon, which were worn by sailors as amulets to prevent drowning

M0005305: English dental charms and amulets

Various gold trinkets, pieces of gold jewelry, gold amulets, stools, gold nuggets and scales for measuring gold. Engraving.

The materiality of magic / edited by Dietrich Boschung and Jan N. Bremmer.

An itinerant salesman selling amulets against the bites of snakes and other animals to a crowd of people who purchase them eagerly. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1815.

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

The complete book of amulets & talismans / Migene González-Wippler.

Amulette und Talismane : Symbole des magischen Alltags / Astrid und Joachim Knuf.

M0005302: Dental amulets and charms: Tooth of the Wolf from Palestine and a necklace of cayx lacrima seeds, from Transvaal

Charmed life : the solace of objects : 6 October 2011 - 26 February 2012 / Felicity Powell.

Good luck / [Aishlingdraws.com].

M0001525: Photograph of four groups of mounted pilgrimage medals and votive amulets, including fascinus/fascinum (divine or winged phallus)

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

Electro-galvanic necklet, made up of plaques and of links.

What's on? : Nov - Jan / Wellcome Collection.

M0001523: Photograph of four groups of mounted religious medallions and carved stone amulets

Die magischen Heil- und Schutzmittel aus der unbelebten Natur, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Mittel gegen den bösen Blick : eine Geschichte des Amulettwesens / von S. Seligmann.

Spells against plague and witchcraft with Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch (left); Saint John Nepomucen (right). Etching.

Talisman Turc : ein Beitrag zur magisch-quadratischen Dechiffrierung von Liebes- und Krankheits-Amuletten zum Ursprung und Wesen magischer Quadrate sowie zur wissenschaftlichen Periodologie / Von dr. med. Ferdinand Maack.

Amuletic flask or container of crystal.