Ketubah : Nice, France, 1690, February 17

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Title: Ketubah : Nice, France, 1690, February 17
Contributor: Rosah bat Yosef Kohen
Ya'akov ben Shimshon Valabregah
Published / Created: 1690 February 17
Publication Place: Nice, France
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, engraving, ink, and green and blue paint on vellum, dated 8th Adar 5450 at Nitsa (1690). The text is written in Italian block letters. The text is surrounded by two registers, which include cartouches in which biblical scenes are depicted. Immediately above the text is a cartouche above which is a crown. Within the cartouche is a representation of the tree of life, and the name of the groom and the priestly blessing are written in micrography ...
Description: Bride: Rosa bat Joseph Cohen.
Bridegroom: Jacob ben Samson Vallabrega.
Extent: 1 l.
67 x 53 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: Engravings
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Micrography (Writing technique)
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Nice (France) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Rosah bat Yosef Kohen
Ya'akov ben Shimshon Valabregah
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --France --Nice
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

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