Medieval Arabic block printed amulets provided spiritual protection for their audiences and were produced using carved wooden blocks. The document discusses several amulet examples from the Bodleian Library, Gutenberg Museum, Cambridge University, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Columbia University, Cambridge University Library, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, University of Utah, and Aga Khan Museum that feature verses from the Quran written in Arabic script for spiritual protection.

1. Malleable Magic:
Medieval Arabic Block Printed Amulets
and Their Audiences

2. Source: Kitāb al-Bulhān
Bodleian Library
Oxford University

3. Gutenberg Museum
GM 03.1 Schr.

4. Cambridge Univ.
Michaelides E33

5. Metropolitan Museum
1978.546.37

6. Metropolitan Museum
1978.546.32

7. Metropolitan Museum
1978.546.35

8. Columbia University
Papyrus 705b

9. Cambridge University Library

10. BayerischeStaatsbibliothek
A.or.88.2023
Ms.UtahOr.P1563

11. Univ. Utah 1561v

12. Univ. Utah 1561v (Detail)

13. Almeria, Spain 1349-50

15. Amulet and case
Aga Khan Museum
Toronto, Canada
AKM508