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Or 12377 O

Record Id:
032-003450682
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12377 O
Title:
Ketubah, 1807
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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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12377_O (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1807
End Date:
1807
Date Range:
1807
Calendar:
Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bat Sheva bat Aaron ben Solomon Aviḳtsits
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Shem Tov ben Solomon ben Abraham known as Sekera
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 12377 O

Ketubah, 1807

Contents

Jewish marriage contract dated 1807, Gibraltar.

Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic

ff. 1r-1v
Title: כתובה
Title: Ketubah

The bridegroom is Shem Tov ben Solomon ben Abraham known as Sekera (שם טוב ... בר ... שלמה ... בר ... אברהם ... המכונה סיקירה), the bride is Bat Sheva bat Aaron ben Solomon Aviḳtsits (בת שבע בת ... אהרן ... בר ... שלמה אבוקציץ). Witnesses: שלם בן אברהם ישראל, ושלם אפלאלו.

חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות וששים ושבעה ... פה מתא גיבאלטאר.

Physical Description

Parchment sheet of the the 19th century.
Form: leaf
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 sheet
Dimensions (leaf): 630 × 470 mm.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 25

Hand(s)

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

Decoration

Architerctural frame with an arch supported by two columns. Small portraits on the bottom parts of the columns.

Binding

In melinex. In a box with 18 other documents.

History

Origin: 1807 Gibraltar

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1656; 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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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12377_O (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

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