A collection of 74 from a total of 139 drawings of plants with insects by Thomas Robins, all described in a 19-page catalogue in the artist's hand. The drawings are numbered in pencil [by a later owner?] on the verso, and in a few instances on the re...
Alternative Title:
Paintings of exotic plants and insects
Description:
Title from accompanying catalogue in artist's hand.
A collection of Syriac prayers, incantations, amulets, and magical formulas, intended to provide protection in times of trouble. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
Description:
In Syriac.
Subject (Topic):
Amulets, Animals, Birds, Incantations, Insects, Plants, Syriac language, and Weapons
Two watercolor drawings, one depicting three butterflies/moths and a beetle, and the other depicting three insects (a moth on a leaf, a butterfly, and a crane fly).
