Ketubah : Isfahan, Iran, 1874, May 21

Published/Created:

Isfahan, Iran
1874 May 21

Physical Description:

1 l.
color illustrations
79 x 61 cm.

Notes:

Bridegroom: Yitshak Hayim ben David.
Bride: Miryam bat Nisan.
Witnesses: Yehezkel Shemu'el, Eliyahu?, Hayim?, Yehezkel Avraham, Mosheh ben Yeshu'a, Yehezkel?.

Abstract:

Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 5th of Sivan 5634 at Itsfahan (1874). Red and green colored floral illumination surrounds the text. In the center above the text there is a large cypress tree with two lions with a rising sun behind them on either side of the tree, and with two birds above. There is a scalloped arch on the top of the document and two smaller arches framing the text. The frame of the document contain blessings for the bride and the groom. The text concludes with the tosefet (addenda) in which the groom adds to his financial commitments to the bride.

Topics:

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

Topics:

Isfahan (Iran) --Religious life and customs

Topics:

Miryam bat Nisan
Yitshak Hayim ben David

Language:

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

Genre:

Autographs
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Marginalia

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 1 12 (Broadside)

Orbis Record:

8850714

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1305118

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2068569

PID:

digcoll:3625179