Manuscript ketubah with standard ketubah text in black ink in Aramaic and Hebrew in Sephardic semi-cursive script with floral decorations around the text. Decorative border in gouache with colorful floral and geometric patterns and verses from Scripture in block Hebrew print in the supporting columns: verse from Proverbs (18:22) enclosed in top border; abridged verse from Ruth (4:11) in right border; verse from Genesis (27:28) and abridged verse from Ruth (4:12) in left border. Wedding took place on 14 Nisan 5633 (11 April 1873), in Tiberias, Israel.
Language:
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Yizhak Einhorn, Tel Aviv (National Library of Israel digital facsimile, einhorn073).; Sold at auction at Sotheby's, from the estate of Shlomo Moussaieff, 20 Dec. 2017, lot 112.; Einhorn, Yizhak, former owner.; Moussaieff, Shlomo, former owner.
Specimens; Ketubahs; Marriage certificates; Manuscripts, Hebrew; manuscripts (documents)
Physical Description:
1 leaf : paper, color illustrations; 33 X 41 cm
Geographic Subject:
Israel -- Tiberias; Tiberias (Israel)
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
The wedding took place on the Sixth day [Fri.] of the week, 14th of Nisan, 5633 [11 April 1873] in the city of Ṭeverya. The groom is Menaḥem ʻAṭyas ben ha-manoaḥ k. ha-r. Shaʼul ʻa. h. The bride is Miryam t.m. bat k. ha-r. Refaʼel Azʻari. Witnesses: ha-tsaʻir Yitsḥaḳ Avraham Baḳiria, S.ṭ. [?]; ha-tsaʻir Mosheh ha-Kohen S.ṭ.; Aramaic and Hebrew (Sephardic semi-cursive)
Physical Location:
Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 465
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