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Or 15651

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Or 15651
Title:
Ketubah, 1887
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
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Languages:
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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1887
End Date:
1887
Date Range:
1887
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Hebrew
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CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 15651

Ketubah, 1887

Contents

Jewish marriage contract dated 1887, Calcutta.

Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic

ff. 1r-1v
Title: כתובה
Title: Ketubah

The bridgegroom is Jacob Ḥai Joseph Abraham Taʿazi, the bride is Śimḥah bat Natan Joseph דויך ha-Kohen.

Physical Description

Parchment sheet of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 sheet
Dimensions (leaf): 595 × 350 mm.
Foliation:

Collation

Condition

Layout

Columns:1 2

Upper part of the text is in two columns and in square script; lover part is in one column and mostly in semi-cursive script.

Ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew square and semi-cursive script of the 19th century.

Decoration

Text is surrounded by floral border inhabited by red birds. In the upper margin, there are two lions/tigers flanking a shield.Above the two columns of text there are four peacocks, below the columns two fish. fish.

Binding

Boxed.

History

Origin: 1887 India (Calcutta/Kolkata)

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquired from the Sassoon Collection, at the Sotheby's sale in Tel Aviv, 2000; lot 44.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_15651 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    A collection from the Sassoon family estate : sale TA0019 : auction, Tel Aviv, 46 Rothschild Blvd., 66883, part I, Wednesday 25 October 2000, Lot 44.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL