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Halper 372 Marriage contract of Esther

Title

Marriage contract of Esther

Call number

Halper 372
(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)

Alternate identifiers

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940420503503681

Publisher

Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library

Language

Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Hebrew

Origin

Mon. May 24, 1641

Place: Italy

Notes

Contains the bottom eight lines, with decorative blessings surrounding the text and eight lines of micography in the remaining empty space at the bottom; These include more details and conditions of the betrothal. The date appears here. The left rule is filled by stretching characters; The bridegroom is Mazal Tov ha-Levi. The document is signed at the bottom of the Ketubah, and again at the bottom of the Additional Conditions: Joshua ben Isaac Menagen. Mazal Tov is a common male name in 17th century Italy; The name R. Joshua Menaghen appears in the index of Italian Rabbis, M. Mortara: Mazkeret ḥakhme Iṭalyah / Marco Mortara. Padua : F. Sacchetto, 1886, p. 39, and is signed as an owner of ms. Berlin Ham. Qu. 687 fol. 183.
Condition: cropped, unevenly cut, verso is blank; orn., dev., micrography.

Extent

31.1 X 46.9 cm

Support

Parchment

Layout

Lines: 8, 8 micrographic.

Decoration

Black ink

Script

Hebrew Italian square

Provenance

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Subjects topical

Ketubah

Licenses

Text

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