Ketubah : Isfahan, Iran, 1874, May 21

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Title: Ketubah : Isfahan, Iran, 1874, May 21
Contributor: Miryam bat Nisan
Yitshak Hayim ben David
Published / Created: 1874 May 21
Publication Place: Isfahan, Iran
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 5th of Sivan 5634 at Itsfahan (1874). Red and green colored floral illumination surrounds the text. In the center above the text there is a large cypress tree with two lions with a rising sun behind them on either side of the tree, and with two birds above. There is a scalloped arch on the top of the document and two smaller arches framing the text. The frame of the document contain blessings for the bride and the groom. The text concludes with the tosefet (addenda) in which the groom adds to his financial commitments to the bride.
Description: Bride: Miryam bat Nisan.
Bridegroom: Yitshak Hayim ben David.
Witnesses: Yehezkel Shemu'el, Eliyahu?, Hayim?, Yehezkel Avraham, Mosheh ben Yeshu'a, Yehezkel?.
Extent: 1 l.
79 x 61 cm.
color illustrations
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: Autographs
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Marginalia
Subject (Geographic): Isfahan (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Miryam bat Nisan
Yitshak Hayim ben David
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --Iran --Isfahan
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

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