Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 5th be-shabat 16th [sic, i.e. 13th?] of Tishre 5639 at Itsfahan (1878). At the top of the document there is a shiviti graphic. A shiviti was traditionally designed to be hung on a synagogue ...
Description:
Bride: Le'ah bat Ya'akov.
Subject (Geographic):
Isfahan (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Le'ah bat Ya'akov, Menasheh ben Rahamim, and Shemu'el ben Mosheh
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Isfahan and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 4th of Nisan 5646 at Itsfahan (1886). Red and light blue colored floral illumination surrounds the text. In the center above the text there is a large cypress tree with two lions with a risi...
Description:
Bride: Gavahar? bat Ya'akov.
Subject (Geographic):
Isfahan (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Avraham ben Ya'akov, Gavahar bat Ya'akov, Me'ir ben Yitshak, and Nisan ben Eliyahu
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Isfahan and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 14th of Tishre 5639 at Izmir (1878). The text is in Sefardic script surrounded by multicolor floral borders, with gilded lines. Above the text is a triangle with a vase of flowers in the cen...
Description:
Bride: Miryam ... .
Subject (Geographic):
Izmir (Turkey) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Avraham ben Eliya'u, Hakhim David ben Hakhim Yitshak, Laka bat Mosheh, and Yitshak ben Re'uven
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Turkey --Izmir and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, printed form completed in manuscript, ink on paper, dated 8th of Kislev 5680 at Izmir (1919). Text is surrounded by an ornamental printed border in the shape of a portal, made up of distinctive verses, columns, oak leaves, floral ga...
Description:
Bride: Perla bat Shimshon?
Subject (Geographic):
Izmir (Turkey) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Hayim Hazan, Nisim Yitshak Hazan, and Perla bat Shimshon
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Turkey --Izmir and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 3rd of Kislev 5649 (1888) at Yerushalem. Document has a scalloped top with two registers. The lower register contains the text of the ketubah and the upper register contains a vase and branc...
Description:
Bride: Rahel [?] bat [?].
Subject (Geographic):
Jerusalem --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Nisim Gershon
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Jerusalem and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, printed form completed in manuscript, red, purple and gold ink on paper, dated 14th of Nisan 5689 at Yerushala[y]im (1929). The text is surrounded by two columns in which are printed sayings praising a wife. On the outside of the co...
Description:
Bride: Sarah bat Ya'ish G�iyat.
Subject (Geographic):
Jerusalem --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Sarah bat Ya'ish G’iyat and Ye'udah ben Hayim Al-Gahasi
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Jerusalem and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 3rd of Adar 5634 (1874) at Kashan. Below the traditional Aramaic text is an additional paragraph in Hebrew with regard to supplementary financial obligations on the part of the groom. The te...
Description:
Bride: Berurya bat Avraham.
Subject (Geographic):
Kashan (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Asher ben Yosef, Berurya bat Avraham, Mashiah ben Binyamin, and Yehezkel ben Yisra'el
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Kashan and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 12 Tishre 5529 at Korfu (1768). The document has a scalloped top. Two columns of text are surrounded by two arches, which are enclosed in a border composed of medallions, in which are image...
Description:
Bride: Siti bat Shem Tov Politi.
Subject (Geographic):
Kerkyra (Greece) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Avraham ben Yitshak Mordo and Siti bat Shem Tov Politi
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Greece --Kerkyra and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 12 Tishri 5534 at Korfu (1773). The document has a scalloped top. The text is surrounded by an arch, which is enclosed in a border composed of medallions, in which are images of the signs o...
Description:
Bride: Sarah bat Mordekhai de Ozmo.
Subject (Geographic):
Kerkyra (Greece) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Eliyahu ben Yitshak de Mordo and Sarah bat Mordekhai de Ozmo
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Greece --Kerkyra and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, printed form completed in manuscript, ink on paper, dated 10th of Tamuz 5492 at Kohon? (1932). The particulars of the marriage are written in by hand. The top is decorated with three arches, which include blessings for t...
Description:
Bride: Sharah bat Shelomoh Kats.
Subject (Geographic):
Kohon (Iraq) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Babaki ben Yosef, Shalom ben Shelomoh ben Hayim, Sharah bat Shelomoh, and Yosi ben Shemu'el
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iraq --Kohon and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
