Marriage contract in booklet format, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 6th of Tishre 5690 at Teheran (1929). The text is divided into many registers enclosed by a multicolored carpet motif. The ketubah text is followed by a dowry list, which in tu
Description:
Bride: Hashmat bat Pinhas. and Bridegroom: Ezra ben Ye'udah.
Subject (Geographic):
Iran --Tehran --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Ezra ben Ye'udah and Hashmat bat Pinhas
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Tehran and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript codex, ink and paint on paper, dated 16th of Kislev 5692 (1931) at Teheran. The ketubah is written in the form of a 10 p. booklet with five registers on each page, except for the first two pages which only have two registers
Description:
Bride: Turan ? and Bridegroom: Asher ?
Subject (Geographic):
Tehran (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Tehran --Iran and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated the fouth of Tamuz 5575 (1815 July 12) at Tetuan. Intricate floral border including two birds and a vase above a calligraphed passage with good wishes for the bride and groom. Text framed by a horseshoe arch. The text includes an additional clause obligating the groom not to take a second wife and not to move the family to another city without the wife�s consent.
Description:
Bride: 'Alia bat Yosef ben Ya'akov ben Yosef Ben-Gigi., Bridegroom: Shem Tov ben Avraham ben Shem Tov ben Yosef ha-Levi., and Witnesses: Menahem Nahon; Mosheh ha-Levi.
Subject (Geographic):
Tetouan (Morocco) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Ben-Gigi, 'Alia bat Yosef ben Ya'akov ben Yosef, ha-Levi, Mosheh, ha-Levi, Shem Tov ben Avraham ben Shem Tov ben Yosef, and Nahon, Menahem
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Morocco --Tetouan and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 9th of Sivan 5660 (1900) at Tetuan. Text within a horseshoe arch surrounded by a floral design with two birds on either side of the upper end of the arch. Above the arch are blessings for the bride and the groom.
Description:
Bride: G'amilah bat Ya'akov Ben Yamin. and Bridegroom: Shemu'el bar Ya'akov 'Ati'ah.
Subject (Geographic):
Tetouan (Morocco) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
G'amilah bat Ya'akov Ben Yamin and Shemu'el bar Ya'akov 'Ati'ah
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Morocco --Tetouan and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 7 Tamuz 5549 at Saloniki, Greece. Surrounding the two columns of text are birds, flowers, fruit, columns, biblical sayings, Eshet Hayil, Shir ha-shirim. The right column contains the marriage terms and the left column contains the betrothal terms. Colors used are brown, with coral & dark grayish blue-green.
Description:
Bride: Simha demitkarit Simholah bat Mosheh [Shemu'el?] and Bridegroom: Ye'oshu'a ben Eliyahu [?].
Subject (Geographic):
Thessalonike (Greece) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Simha bat Mosheh Shemu'el and Ye'oshu'a ben Eliyahu
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Greece --Thessalonike and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 9th of Tamuz 5660 (1900) at [Turkey?]. The document is in the shape of a house with a scalloped top. The upper register contains a circle, which includes the blessing of Isaac to Jacob, Genesis 27:28. The Hebrew lettering and the scallops above are colored with gold and silver metallic paint. There are floral decorations throughout the ketubah.
Description:
Bride: Marat [?] bat Avraham. and Bridegroom: Yisra'el Katarbas ben Nisim Yitshak Katarbas.
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Yisra'el Katarbas ben Nisim Yitshak Katarbas
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Turkey and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper with a scalloped top, dated 11th of Nisan 5612 (1852) at Vidin. Two columns of text are bordered by two arches. The right column contains the terms of the marriage (kidushin) and the left side, the terms of the betrothal (erushin). Both are signed by the same two witnesses. On the left side there is additional text at the bottom, perhaps enumerating the dowry. The text is written in Sephardic style script. The gilded illuminations depict columns decorated with floral designs.
Description:
Bride: Marat [?] demitkari Mirkadah ben Mosheh. and Bridegroom: Ye'udah Aryeh ben Hayim Aryeh.
Subject (Geographic):
Vidin (Bulgaria) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Mirkadah ben Mosheh and Ye'udah Aryeh ben Hayim Aryeh
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Bulgaria --Vidin and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 27th of Heshvan 5622 (1862) at Yazd. Text surrounded by floral border. The upper register of the decoration has two small lions with a rising sun in the background of one of the lions, above the lions are two fish, a symbol of fertility. Below the main text of the ketubah, is a statement in Judeo-Persian, written in Hebrew cursive characters, which may concern additional gifts given by the groom. Below this statement there are cartouches, which include the names of seven witnesses.
Description:
Bride: Malka bat Akai?, Bridegroom: Mosheh ben Shemu'el., and Witnesses: Yitshak ben David ; Rahamim ben Ya'akov ; Yosef ben Shemu'el Kohen ; and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Yazd (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Malka bat Akai, Mosheh ben Shemu'el, Rahamim ben Ya'akov, Yitshak ben David, and Yosef ben Shemu'el Kohen
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Yazd and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Guillaume, de Deguileville, 14th cent. Ruysbroeck, Willem van, ca. 1210-ca. 1270
Published / Created:
ca. 1400
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 406
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment (thick, poor quality; trimmed) of 1) Guillaume de Deguilleville, Le Pelerinage de vie humaine. 2) Guillaume de Deguilleville, three poems in Latin. 3) Poem added in a 15th-century hand, contrasting the life of a servant and a rich man. 4) Willem van Ruysbroeck, Itinerarium. 5) Summary of Aethicus Ister, Cosmographia III.31-39, on the land of Gog and Magog. 6) Jean Chapuis, Les sept articles de la fois; often attributed, as it is here, to Jean de Meun.
Description:
Imperfect: f. 1r-v mutilated with loss of text and image.
Subject (Name):
Franciscans--Manuscripts and Guillaume,--de Deguileville,--14th cent
Subject (Topic):
Cosmography--Early works to 1800, Devotional literature, French, Devotional literature--Early works to 1800, French literature--To 1500, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Theology--Early works to 1800