Watch List notes:

Hebrew-Christian Kabbalistic Cast Æ Amulet Pendant. 17th-18th century. Hebrew legend around pentagon containing head of Christ, whose names in Hebrew 'Jesu', 'Jehoshuah', 'Jeshuah', are placed among the five panels of the inscription / 12-box square with names of the four Archangels and permutations of Jesus. For a similar amulet in the Jewish Museum, London see T. Schrire, Hebrew Amulets, (London, 1966), pls. 42-3; R. D. Barnett (ed), Catalogue of the Jewish Museum London, (London, 1974), no. 618 (ill.). 10.27g, 37mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Very Rare.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.

For a discussion of similar amulets in the British Museum (OA.1369 and OA.1376), see Ira Rezak, 'Engaging Mystery: A Late Medieval Hebrew-Christian Kabbalistic Medal', in Windows on Jewish Worlds, Essays in Honor of William Gross, 2019, pp. 191-202.