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Or 12376 L
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- Format:
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- Or 12376 L
- Title:
- Ketubah (fragment)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 1 sheet
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12376_L (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1500-1699
- Era:
- CE
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Or 12376 L
Ketubah (fragment)
Contents
A fragment of a Jewish marriage contract.
Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic
ff. 1r-1vTitle: כתובהTitle: KetubahIncipit: ומזונייכי וכסותייכי וסיפוקייכי ומעל לותיכי כארח כל ארעא וצביאת מרת אסתר כלתא בתולתא דא והות ליה...The bridegroom is Joseph (יוסף), the bride is Eshter (אסתר). Signatures of the witnesses are hardly legible: ...רפאל ..., משה יצחק... בן חיים ....
Fragment contains 13 lines of the ketubah written in square script and underneath some incomplete lines of the conditions in cursive script.
Physical Description
Parchment sheet of the the 16-17thth century.Form: leafMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 1 sheetDimensions (leaf): 180/222 × 375 mm.Condition
Mutilated.
Layout
Columns:1
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew square and cursive script of the 16th-17th century.
Decoration
Remains of the decorative border on the left and right margins.
Binding
In melinex. In a post binder with 11 other ketubot.
History
Origin: 1500-1699 ca. 16th-17th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1679; 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.Availability
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12376_L (digital images currently unavailable)
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