Ketubah : Isfahan, Iran, 1886, April 9

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Title: Ketubah : Isfahan, Iran, 1886, April 9
Contributor: Avraham ben Ya'akov
Gavahar bat Ya'akov
Me'ir ben Yitshak
Nisan ben Eliyahu
Published / Created: 1886 April 9
Publication Place: Isfahan, Iran
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 4th of Nisan 5646 at Itsfahan (1886). Red and light blue 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 contains 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, written in Judeo-Persian.
Description: Bride: Gavahar? bat Ya'akov.
Bridegroom: Me'ir ben Yitshak.
Witnesses: Avraham ben Ya'akov, Nisan ben Eliyahu, and one more.
Extent: 1 l.
78 x 59 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: Autographs
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Marginalia
Subject (Geographic): Isfahan (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Avraham ben Ya'akov
Gavahar bat Ya'akov
Me'ir ben Yitshak
Nisan ben Eliyahu
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --Iran --Isfahan
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

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