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Or 12376 D

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Or 12376 D
Title:
Ketubah, 1840
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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1 sheet
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Languages:
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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1840
End Date:
1840
Date Range:
1840
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CE
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Material Type:
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Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Joseph ben Menaseh Ḥefets
Judith bat Mordechai Padovani
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Or 12376 D

Ketubah, 1840

Contents

Jewish marriage contract dated 1840, Gradisca d'Isonzo.

Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic

ff. 1r-1v
Title: כתובה
Title: Ketubah

The bridegroom is Joseph ben Menaseh Ḥefets (יוסף בר ... מנשה חפץ, signed at the bottom Italian in Latin characters: 'Giuseppe Gentilli qms. Manasse Sposo), the bride is Judith bat Mordechai Padovani (יהודית בת ... מרדכי פאדובאני). Witnesses signed in Italian in Latin characters: 'Daniele Muratti testimonio', 'Giacobe di ... Vitta Morpurgo testimonio'

באחד בשבת שבעה ועשרים יום לחדש סיון שנת חמשת אלפים ושש מאות לבראת עולם... פה גראדיסקא ... על נהר איזונצו.

Main text is surrounded by quotes from Ps. 128:3-4, Ruth 4:11, Proverbs 18:22.

Physical Description

Parchment sheet of the the 19th century.
Form: leaf
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 sheet
Dimensions (leaf): 340 × 283 mm.

Condition

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 17

Main text is framed with biblical quotations.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew square script of the 19th century.

Decoration

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Binding

In melinex. In a post binder with 11 other ketubot.

History

Origin: 1840 Italy (Gradisca d'Isonzo)

Provenance and Acquisition

M. Gaster's note on the verso: '14.1.04. M. Gaster'.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1674; 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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