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Or 12377 B

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032-003450618
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Or 12377 B
Title:
Ketubah, 1845
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 sheet
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Languages:
Hebrew
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1845
End Date:
1845
Date Range:
1845
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Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Tsafrah bat Hayyim Eko
Zachariah ben Jacob Moustaki
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 12377 B

Ketubah, 1845

Contents

Jewish marriage contract dated 1845, Corfu.

Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic

ff. 1r-1v
Title: כתובה
Title: Ketubah

The bridegroom is Zachariah ben Jacob Moustaki (זכריה מושטאקי ... בן ... יעקב מושטאקי), the bride is Tsafrah bat Hayyim Eko (צפרה ... בת ... חיים אקו), the witnesses: שבתי בן אליהו די חורדו חזן es Abram de Castio....

חמשת אלפים ושש מאות וששה לבריאת עולם ושנת אלף ושבע מאות ושמנה ושבעים לחרבן בית המקדש ... פה עיר קורפו .

Date is given in two formats: 5606 AM and 1778 according to the Hurban.

Full border decorated with geometrical motifs in red, yellow and green. On the top medallion with six-pointed rosette.

Physical Description

Parchment sheet of the 19th century.
Form: leaf
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 sheet
Dimensions (leaf): 650 × 485 mm.

Condition

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 21

First three lines: quotation from Proverbs 18:22 in larger characters.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North African) Hebrew square script of the 19th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Erasured note in pencil at the verso side.

Binding

In melinex. In a box with 18 other documents.

History

Origin: 1845 Greece (Corfu/Kerkyra)

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1688; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924.

Record Sources

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

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