Ketubah ; [Tangier, Morocco], [June 23, 1897]
כתובה ; [טנג'יר, מרוקו], [כ"ג סיון תרנ"ז]
- Description
- Printed ketubah form with manuscript ketubah text in black ink in Aramaic and Hebrew in Rabbinic semi-cursive script. Stylized, colored border frames three sections: a narrow rectangle at top with words of blessing in Aramaic in square script; a middle section with two arches filled with ketubah text and supported by three columns; and a larger rectangle at bottom with words of blessing in Hebrew in square script. Numerous layers of patriarchy listed for both groom and bride who trace their ancestry to the exiles of the Spanish Inquisition. Wedding took place on 23 Siṿan 5657 (23 June 1897), in Tangier, Morocco. Groom also signed. Some loss of text along fold lines.
- Alternate Title
- Ketubah : Ṭanḡar
- Ketubah : Ṭang'ir
- Creator
- Mordekhai ben Ḡo (witness)
- Yeʼudah ben Shimol (witness)
- Grefe, C. (Conrad) (printer)
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- ketubahs
- marriage certificates
- blank forms
- Date
- 1897
- Language
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
- Hebrew
- Subject
- Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
- Ketubah
- Ketubah -- Morocco -- Tangier -- Specimens
- Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law) -- Specimens
- Marriage (Jewish law)
- Ṭoledano, Avraham ben Mosheh Marriage
- Ṭoledano, Miryam bat Yaʻaḳov Marriage
- Geographic Subject
- Morocco -- Tangier
- Tangier (Morocco)
- Extent
- 1 leaf : paper, color illustrations ; 67.7 X 46.4 cm
- Notes
- The wedding took place on the Fourth day [Wed.] of the week, 23rd of Siṿan, 5657 [23 June 1897] in the city of Ṭangir. The groom is Avraham bar k.h. ha-n. ṿe-ḥ. k. ha-R. Mosheh S.ṭ. ... known as Ṭoledano. The bride is Miryam bat kevod h.h. k. ha-R. Yaʻaḳov S.ṭ. ... known as Ṭoledano. Witnesses: ha-tsaʻir Mordekhai n. Ḡo, S.ṭ.; Yeʼudah n. Shimol [?].
- Aramaic and Hebrew (Rabbinic semi-cursive).
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p38w3883x
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 472
- Provenance
- Sold at auction at Sotheby's, from the estate of Shlomo Moussaieff, 20 Dec. 2017, lot 112.
- Moussaieff, Shlomo, former owner.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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