Ketubah : Gibraltar, 1790, March 3

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Title: Ketubah : Gibraltar, 1790, March 3
Published / Created: 1790 March 3
Publication Place: Gibraltar
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 17th of Adar 5550 at Gibraltar (1790). The text is in cursive. The outlines of a decoration appear in pencil, but the decoration was never completed. It would appear that the bride and groom were of Shepardic (Spanish-Jewish) families. The text includes a prayer that God show his mercy and protect and preserve ""the exiled from Castile"" and eventually avenge the injustice done to them.
Extent: 1 l.
22 x 42 cm.
b&w illustration
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Hebrew
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

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