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Or 12377 Q

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032-003450680
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Or 12377 Q
Title:
Ketubah, 1812
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:
1812
End Date:
1812
Date Range:
1812
Calendar:
Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Blanca bat Joseph Tsaliaḥ (?)
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Isaac ibn Shabtai Elyakim
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 12377 Q

Ketubah, 1812

Contents

Jewish marriage contract dated 1812, Thessaloniki.

Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic

ff. 1r-1v
Title: כתובה
Title: Ketubah

The bridegroom is Isaac ibn Shabtai Elyakim (יצחק ן’ ... שבתי אליקים), the bride is Blanca bat Joseph Tsaliaḥ (?) (בלאנקה ... בת ... יוסף מצליח). Witnesses: יאודה בן יאושע, ויוסף אנג’יל

חמשת אלפי’ וחמש מאות ושלשה ושבעים לבריאת עולם ... פה במאתא שאלוניקי.

Physical Description

Parchment sheet of the the 19th century.
Form: leaf
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 sheet
Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 650 mm.

Condition

Usage stains, liquid damage.

Layout

Columns:2

Written lines: 17 23

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew cursive script of the 19th century.

Decoration

Frame with geomterical motifs and two arches for the text; in colours and gold.

Binding

In melinex. In a box with 18 other documents.

History

Origin: 1812 Greece (Thessaloniki)

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1669; 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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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12377_Q (digital images currently unavailable)

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