Ketubah : Rome, Italy, 1793, May 8

Published/Created:
Rome, Italy
1793 May 8
Physical Description:
2 l.
color illustrations
85 x 49 cm.
Notes:
Bride: Rosa bat Menahem Modili'ani.
Bridegroom: Avraham Hayim ben Efraim Modili'ani.
Witnesses: Shemu'el Yosef bar Mosheh ha-Kohen ; Shelomoh David ben Matsliah di Kastro.
Abstract:
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 26th of Iyar 5553 at Roma (1793). The text is written in Italian block letters and is enclosed in a double floral frame. The frame includes micrography consisting of the entire Book of Ruth. The bottom is scalloped with a vase in the center of the triangle, which is typical of ketubot from Rome. The text on the outside of the frame includes blessings for the bride and groom taken from the book of Ruth, Psalms, and Proverbs. Above the text is a coat of arms, with a crown held up by two putti. The coat of arms is apparently that of the Modigliani family (ancestors of the famous painter?).
Topics:
Ketubah --Italy --Rome
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Topics:
Rome (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Topics:
Avraham Hayim ben Efraim Modili'ani
Rosa bat Menahem Modili'ani
Shelomoh David ben Matsliah di Kastro
Shemu'el Yosef bar Mosheh ha-Kohen
Language:
Hebrew
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Genre:
Autographs
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Marginalia
Micrography (Writing technique)
Format:
Mixed Material
Rights:
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Access Restrictions:
Public
Digital:
Art of the Ketubah
Call Number:
Hebrew +93:4
Orbis Record:
9129551
Orbis Barcode:
39002088759437
Yale Collection:
Beinecke Library
Digital Collection:
General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
oid pointer:
1305106
Extent of digitization:
Complete work digitized.
OID:
2067972
PID:
digcoll:3623700