Marriage contract
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- Title
- Marriage contract
- Publication year listed
- 1862
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- Public domain eBook
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Marriage contract
Year: 1862
Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, CAJS Rar Ms 466. 1862. Manuscript ketubah with standard ketubah text in black ink in Aramaic and Hebrew in Sephardic semi-cursive script. Leaf sides have straight edges save for the top which is tapered, with verses from Scripture in block Hebrew print, colored with gouache by a later hand, surrounding the ketubah text: Proverbs (18:22) straight across the top; Ruth (4:11) extends from tapered top to left column; abridged verse from Ecclesiastes (9:9) in right column with abridged verse from Genesis (49:22) extending to tapered top. Wedding took place on 6 Tishre 5623 (30 Sept. 1862), in Aleppo, Syria. With the unusual presence of only one witness signature. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Find