Ketubah : Bologna, Italy, 1840, November 6

Published/Created:

Bologna, Italy
1840 November 6

Physical Description:

1 l.
38 x 29 cm.

Notes:

Bridegroom: Gavri'el ben Yitshak Hayim ha-Levi.
Bride: Miryam Rosa bat ha-manoah Eli'ezer Polisi.
Witnesses: Avraham Mikha'el ben Yo'av [?] ; [?] David ben Kolonimos [?].

Abstract:

Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, 10 Marheshvan 5601 at Bolonya (1840). Text is written in Italian square characters. There are no decorations, but the text is framed with a rectangular border in which appear conventional blessings for the bride and groom taken from the book of Psalms.

Topics:

Ketubah --Italy --Bologna
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

Topics:

Bologna (Italy) --Religious life and customs

Topics:

Gavri'el ben Yitshak Hayim ha-Levi
Miryam Rosa bat Eli'ezer Polisi

Language:

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

Genre:

Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Marginalia

Format:

Text

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Digital:

Art of the Ketubah

Call Number:

Hebrew MSS Suppl 62 (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

8572877

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1223807

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2066783

PID:

digcoll:3607488