Ketubah : Tehran, Iran, 1870, September 29

Published/Created:

Tehran, Iran
1870 September 29

Physical Description:

1 l.
color illustrations
87 x 58 cm.

Notes:

Bridegroom: Asher ben Baba(?).
Bride: Ester bat Pinhas.
Witness: Yitshak ben Yisra'el; and two others.

Abstract:

Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 4th of Tishre 5631 (1870) at Tehran. Text inserted into nine registers. Below the text, several registers remain empty. There is an additional wider, decorative register above the text that contains traditional blessings for the wedding couple. This register is known in Iranian as the �sar lowh�. Above the sar lowh are three decorative registers containing acronyms, which are most likely blessings for the bride and groom. The text is enclosed in a long rectangular decorative border composed of a blue, gold, silver, and brown stylized vine motif.

Topics:

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

Topics:

Tehran (Iran) --Religious life and customs

Topics:

Asher ben Baba
Ester bat Pinhas
Yitshak ben Yisra'el

Language:

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

Genre:

Autographs
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts

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 189 (Broadside)

Orbis Record:

8433983

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1305127

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2068589

PID:

digcoll:3625641