Ketubah : Bucharest, Romania, 1840, July 2

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Title: Ketubah : Bucharest, Romania, 1840, July 2
Contributor: Rivkah bat Eliyahu
Ya'akov Hazan ben Hayim Yisra'el Hazan
Published / Created: 1840 July 2
Publication Place: Bucharest, Romania
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 5600? (1840?) at Bukaresht?. Surrounding the text are floral decorations with a floral border, two arches, and four columns. The columns enclose three sections of text. The right hand side has the marriage text, the left hand side has the betrothal terms. The middle section may contain the dowry list.
Description: Bride: Rivkah bat Eliyahu.
Bridegroom: Ya'akov Hazan ben[?] Hayim Yisra'el Hazan.
Extent: 1 l.
84 x 56 cm.
color illustration
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: Hand coloring
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Bucharest (Romania) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Rivkah bat Eliyahu
Ya'akov Hazan ben Hayim Yisra'el Hazan
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --Romania --Bucharest
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

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