Kufic Magical Amulet with Magic Boxes 15th-16th Century, N003
Product Description
From the 11th century until around the 19th century, Muslim cultures used magic bowls, healing necklaces and other objects like amulets and scrolls in hopes of warding off drought, famine, floods and even epidemic diseases. This bronze amulet is inscribed on both sides in an early Kufic script. The magical-religious properties of amulets and talisman are accepted in the Islamic world.
It has long been a popular Islamic belief that letters would exert some magical force if written in special ways. The tenth-century Byzantine Souda states "that sorcery and magic were invented by the ancient Persians and Medes". From the Byzantine perspective, the language, and thus the visual formal elements of Arabic can be seen as connected with studies in the occult and sciences.
