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Or 7951 A marriage contract.

Title

A marriage contract.

Funders

The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Or 7951
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

Publisher

British Library

Language

Hebrew

Origin

1793

Summary

A marriage contract.

Notes

Slightly damaged at edges.

Extent

1 folio; 1 folio

Support

Parchment

Binding

BM in-house.

Layout

Columns: 1; ruled lines: 14 15; written lines: 14 15; Initial words in larger square characters. Scriptural verses in square script along the borders of the sheet. Signatures in Latin cursive script under the text. Visible hard-point ruling.

Script

Italian semi-cursive and square script of late 18th century.

Provenance

Acquisition: Sir Charles Hercules Read: presented by him to the British Museum on 14 March 1914: inscribed, folio 1v.

Related resources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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