Ketubah : Rome, Italy, 1891, February 22

Published/Created:

Rome, Italy
1891 February 22

Physical Description:

1 l.
60 x 41 cm.

Notes:

Bridegroom: Gavri'el Eliyahu ben Ya'akov Manifi.
Bride: Onorata Eli'onora bat Binyamin Sabatilo.

Abstract:

Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 14th of Adar I 5651 at Roma (1891). The document has a scalloped bottom as was the custom for ketubot from Rome. There are no decoration but the borders are in green and orange, and the blessings for the bride and groom that frame the text are in orange. The first word, which is the day of the week of the marriage (Sunday), is separated and placed above the text, written in orange within an orange scalloped cartouche.

Topics:

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

Topics:

Rome (Italy) --Religious life and customs

Topics:

Gavri'el Eliyahu ben Ya'akov Manifi
Onorata Eli'onora bat Binyamin Sabatilo

Language:

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

Genre:

Autographs
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 65 (Broadside)

Orbis Record:

8573053

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1305139

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2068596

PID:

digcoll:3625773