bodleianlibs:A ship of words, 1866A talisman is essentially a magical object that has the power to b
bodleianlibs:A ship of words, 1866A talisman is essentially a magical object that has the power to bring good luck or avert bad fortune to the wearer.And what is more lucky than the names of the Archangels? In this Malay talisman their names have been written in the form of a nineteenth-century steam-ship, complete with smoke billowing from its chimney. The image was created in 1866 in Indonesia which until 1945 had been a Dutch colony (hence the Dutch flag flying from the mast). (MS. Arab. e.58) -- source link
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