Ketubah : Padua, Italy, 1883, January 15

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Title: Ketubah : Padua, Italy, 1883, January 15
Contributor: David bar Yitshak Morpurgo
Elisha' Hayim ben Mosheh
G’iorg’io Hayim bar Hizkiyah ha-Kohen
Ilizah bat Ya'akov Gavri'el Tri'esti
Published / Created: 1883 January 15
Publication Place: Padua, Italy
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 7th of Shevat 5643 at Padovah (1883). The ketubah is rectangular in shape. The text is enclosed in several printed borders in a lace design. Benedictory blessings can be found on the four sides of the middle border. The colors of the decorations are green, beige and red. Since the groom is a cohen the upper right hand blue shield contains two hands in the benediction gesture. The red shield on the upper left hand contains a heron with a fish in its beak.
Description: Bride: Ilizah bat Ya'akov Gavri'el Tri'esti.
Bridegroom: G�iorg�io Hayim bar Hizkiyah ha-Kohen.
Witnesses: Elisha' Hayim ben ha-manoah Mosheh ... , David bar Yitshak Morpurgo.
Extent: 1 l.
50 x 36 cm.
color illustrations
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Hebrew
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

Format: mixed material
Genre: Autographs
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Padua (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): David bar Yitshak Morpurgo
Elisha' Hayim ben Mosheh
G’iorg’io Hayim bar Hizkiyah ha-Kohen
Ilizah bat Ya'akov Gavri'el Tri'esti
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --Italy --Padua
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

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