Ketubah : Ancona, Italy, 1777, March 19

Published/Created:

Ancona, Italy
1777 March 19

Physical Description:

1 l.
80 x 55 cm.

Notes:

Bridegroom: Shimshon Shemu'el ben Avraham Shabtai Alkostantini.
Bride: Konsola Rika bat ha-mano'ah Mordekhai Fano me-'ir Mantovah.
Witness: Mordekhai Rafa'el Shimshon [Viterbo ?].

Abstract:

Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 10th Adar II, 5537 at Ankona (1777). Text is written in Italian square characters. The tena'im, written in cursive, appear beneath the ketubah text and are signed by the witnesses who also signed the ketubah. The document is scalloped at the top with a floral border in a cut-out, lace-like design. The text of Psalm 45 surrounds the ketubah and is written in green ink. Framing the ketubah are biblical scenes in cut-out images of Delilah cutting Samson�s hair, Samson taking honey from the lion, Esther pleading before the king, the binding of Isaac, Elijah going up in the chariot, Rachel at the well, Joseph with Potiphar�s wife, David holding Goliath�s head, Samuel anointing David, Samson tearing down the gates of Gaza, and Judith holding the head of Holophernes. At the four corners of the document are representations of the traditional four crowns: the crown of royalty, of a good name, of priesthood, and of Torah.

Topics:

Ketubah --Italy --Ancona
Prenuptial contracts (Jewish law)

Topics:

Ancona (Italy) --Religious life and customs

Topics:

Konsola Rika bat Mordekhai Fano
Mordekhai Rafa'el Shimshon Viterbo
Shimshon Shemu'el ben Avraham Shabtai Alkostantini

Language:

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

Genre:

Autographs
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Marginalia

Format:

Mixed Material

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Digital:

Art of the Ketubah

Call Number:

Hebrew +16

Orbis Record:

7716986

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1289236

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2067527

PID:

digcoll:3622432