Ketubah : Verona, Italy, 1835, December 10

Published/Created:

Verona, Italy
1835 December 10

Physical Description:

1 l.
45 x 37 cm.

Notes:

Bridegroom: Eliyahu Shemu'el Refa'el Hayim bar Shelomoh Menahem Kotser.
Bride: Hanah bat ha-manoah Yosef Shelomoh Hayim Hizkiyah Refa'el Levi Mortirah.
Witnesses: David Samuel Pardo, Marco Forte ... .

Abstract:

Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on parchment, dated 9th of Kislev 5595 in the evening (1835 December 10) at Verona. Surrounding the text are calligraphed biblical verses (Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 62:5, and Ruth 4:11-12) inside a plain ruled border with an Italian stamp in each top corner. Signed by the groom (?) and two witnesses in Italian. One of the witnesses is the rabbi, David Samuel Pardo. The ketubah design is similar to that of other ketubot from Verona at that time.

Topics:

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

Topics:

Verona (Italy) --Religious life and customs

Topics:

Kotser, Eliyahu Shemu'el Refa'el Hayim bar Shelomoh Menahem.
Mortirah, Hanah bat Yosef Shelomoh Hayim Hizkiyah Refa'el Levi.
Pardo, David Samuel

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 179 (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

8385533

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1267983

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2066785

PID:

digcoll:3612114