Ketubah : Thessalonike, Greece, 1789, July 1

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Title: Ketubah : Thessalonike, Greece, 1789, July 1
Contributor: Simha bat Mosheh Shemu'el
Ye'oshu'a ben Eliyahu
Published / Created: 1789 July 1
Publication Place: Thessalonike, Greece
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 7 Tamuz 5549 at Saloniki, Greece. Surrounding the two columns of text are birds, flowers, fruit, columns, biblical sayings, Eshet Hayil, Shir ha-shirim. The right column contains the marriage terms and the left column contains the betrothal terms. Colors used are brown, with coral & dark grayish blue-green.
Description: Bride: Simha demitkarit Simholah bat Mosheh [Shemu'el?]
Bridegroom: Ye'oshu'a ben Eliyahu [?].
Extent: 1 l.
78 x 66 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: Hand coloring
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Thessalonike (Greece) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Simha bat Mosheh Shemu'el
Ye'oshu'a ben Eliyahu
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --Greece --Thessalonike
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

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