Ketubah : Rome, Italy, 1891, February 22

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Title: Ketubah : Rome, Italy, 1891, February 22
Contributor: Gavri'el Eliyahu ben Ya'akov Manifi
Onorata Eli'onora bat Binyamin Sabatilo
Published / Created: 1891 February 22
Publication Place: Rome, Italy
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.
Description: Bride: Onorata Eli'onora bat Binyamin Sabatilo.
Bridegroom: Gavri'el Eliyahu ben Ya'akov Manifi.
Extent: 1 l.
60 x 41 cm.
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
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Marginalia
Subject (Geographic): Rome (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Gavri'el Eliyahu ben Ya'akov Manifi
Onorata Eli'onora bat Binyamin Sabatilo
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --Italy --Rome
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

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