שִׁוִּיתִי | Shiviti by Mashiaḥ Asgari (ca. late 19th – early 20th c. Herat, Afghanistan)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=3425

Date: 2011-07-12

Last Updated: 2025-03-24

Categories: Art & Craft, Shiviti

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., meditation, Psalms 67, שויתי shiviti

Excerpt: A digital reproduction of a Shiviti held in the Royal Library of Denmark's Simonsen Manuscripts Collection. . . .

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Digital restoration by Andrew Meit of a Shiviti by Mashiaḥ Asgari held in The Royal Library of Denmark David Simonsen Manuscripts Collection (CC0)

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We are grateful to Andrew Meit for restoring a Shiviti, originally prepared by Mashiaḥ Asgari, currently held in the Royal Library of Denmark’s Simonsen Manuscripts Collection. The image was slightly adjusted by Aharon Varady. All files including the vector art are shared with a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) Public Domain dedication.

For more information on this particular Shiviti, please visit the Royal Library of Denmark’s collection. We need your help in identifying all the verses, divine names, and allusions to numinous powers in this Shiviti. Please provide more information in the comments below.

For more information on Shiviti art, please read this post by Shmueli Gonzales. To see more Shiviti art shared by the Open Siddur Project, click here.

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Shiviti by Mashiaḥ Asgari held in The Royal Library of Denmark David Simonsen Manuscripts Collection

 

Contributor: Andrew Meit

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  Name: Andrew Meit
  Bio: Andrew Meit has studied and researched in various areas: the imagination, Martin Buber, Judaism, prophets and prophecy, and Ephraim Moses Lilien. In 1984, Meit earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies with minors in Mathematics and Philosophy from Stetson University. As a lifelong creative, he is a type and graphics designer focusing on Jewish art and digitally repairing damaged art. Meit is legally deaf-blind, and has several learning problems stemming from contracting congenital Rubella. He is active in the Independent Living Movement; been on several CIL boards. Throughout his life Meit has striven to turn his disabilities into well-made art that inspires and celebrates beauty and truth. Off and on for 40 years, Meit has been involved in interfaith services and study groups. He has informally lectured on Buber. He enjoys writing prayers and creating worship presentations. Although mainly self-taught in calligraphy, drawing and design, Meit formally studied at the Cleveland Art Institute. With the font editor Fontographer, he recreated the well known font GoodCity Modern (a faithful recreation of the Gutenberg’s bible typeface). Over the decades, he produced a digital recreation of the first page of Genesis from the Gutenberg Bible. He artistically colored many of E.M. Lilien’s line art illustrations, created a font based on Buber's handwriting, and recently, he created a new logo for the Florida Orange City Unitarian Universalist Congregation and improved a logo for Applied Jewish Spirituality group. Meit likes to help repair the world through his art; enjoys deep thoughts, playing with puzzles, and learning about Religion. He currently lives in Plantation, Florida.
  Website: https://www.facebook.com/MeitGarretGallery/
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/andrew-meit
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  Name: Mashiaḥ Asgari
  Bio: Mashiaḥ Asgari, resident of Herat, was a young singer and scribe in 19th or early 20th century Afghanistan.
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  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/mashiah-asgari

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Title: Shiviti – The Royal Library of Denmark David Simonsen Manuscripts Collection (Restored by Andrew Meit – Final)
Caption: Digital restoration by Andrew Meit of a Shiviti by Mashiaḥ Asgari (held in The Royal Library of Denmark David Simonsen Manuscripts Collection)