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Ketubah : Casablanca, Morocco
Title
Ketubah : Casablanca, Morocco, 1919, April 14.
כתובה : קזבּלנקה, מרוקו, 5679 ניסן 14.
Physical Description
1 item ([1] leaf) ; 71 x 54 cm.
Language
Aramaic; Hebrew
Notes
In Aramaic and Hebrew.
Provenance
Purchased from Bery Gross on the Riesman Family Book Fund, 2008.
Summary
Marriage contract, printed form completed in manuscript, ink on paper, [dated 14th Nisan 5679 at Ḳazablanḳah?] (1919). The text is handwritten in two columns inside an elaborate printed border. The border consists of geometric and architectural patterns printed in gold, mauve, aqua and black, with lion heads and leaf motifs.
The JNUL database contains other ketubot written in the same printed decorative border from other cities in Morocco.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Images
Added to Catalog
March 05, 2008
References
Ketubah, Casablanca, Morocco, 1919. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Ketubah, Casablanca, Morocco, 1919. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Ketubahs - Morocco - Casablanca - 20th century.
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