Ketubah : Kashan, Iran, 1874, February 20

Published/Created:

Kashan, Iran
1874 February 20

Physical Description:

1 l.
color illustration
43 x 35 cm.

Notes:

Bridegroom: Yehezkel ben Yisra'el.
Bride: Berurya bat Avraham.
Witnesses: Asher ben Yosef ; Mashiah ben Binyamin ; and two others.

Abstract:

Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 3rd of Adar 5634 (1874) at Kashan. Below the traditional Aramaic text is an additional paragraph in Hebrew with regard to supplementary financial obligations on the part of the groom. The text is surrounded by a border in the shape of a scalloped arch and two cartouches on the bottom. Above the text are the traditional lions with the rising sun in the background and above the lions are images of two peacocks. The border has a floral decoration. The predominant colors are yellow, turquoise and light brown.

Topics:

Ketubah --Iran --Kashan
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

Topics:

Kashan (Iran) --Religious life and customs

Topics:

Asher ben Yosef
Berurya bat Avraham
Mashiah ben Binyamin
Yehezkel ben Yisra'el

Language:

Hebrew
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

Genre:

Hand coloring
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts

Format:

Mixed Material

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Digital:

Art of the Ketubah

Call Number:

Hebrew MSS Suppl 94 (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

6725151

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1168738

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2041257

PID:

digcoll:3515777