Ketubah : [Ruse, Bulgaria], [October 17, 1831].
כתובה : [רוסה, בולגריה],

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elis & Ruth Douer Term Fund .

Language:

Aramaic

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Ketubah.

Bulgaria--Ruse.

Aharon ben Mosheh ha-m. Mirḳado--Marriage.

Aharon ben Mosheh ha-m. Mirḳado.

Biliya bat Ḥayim Daniyel di Leʼon ha-m. Parisiʼado--Marriage.

Biliya bat Ḥayim Daniyel di Leʼon ha-m. Parisiʼado.

Ketubah--Bulgaria--Ruse--Specimens.

Ruse (Bulgaria).

Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law).

Marriage (Jewish law).

Genre:

Specimens.

Marriage certificates.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction at Kestenbaum, 8 Dec. 2011 (lot 321).

Physical Description:

1 leaf : illustrations ; 50.8 X 73.66 cm

Thick paper black ink and watercolor.

Other Title:

Ketubah : Bulgaria

כתובה : בולגריה

Place of Publication:

[October 17, 1831].

[י' מרחשון, תקצ"ב].

[Ruse, Bulgaria], [publisher not identified], [1831]

Language Note:

Aramaic and Hebrew Sephardic semi-cursive script.

Notes:

Rectangular ketubah scalloped at the top. Italianate and Islamic-influenced double-arch design with colorful floral and geometric patterns in the supporting columns and vines along scalloping. Floral decorations in the center of the two arches and centered above them.

Three paragraphs: standard ketubah text in the right arch, conditions and bride's dowry in the left arch. Two verses from Proverbs (19:14, 18:22) enclosed in the arches and cross beam.

The wedding took place on Mon. 10 Marḥeshvan, 5592 [17 Oct. 1831] in the city of Oroniḳ, today the town of Ruse, on the River Ṭuna, known as the Danube River. The groom is Aharon beha-r. Mosheh ha-m. Mirḳado H.y.ṿ. ben ha-n. u-m. beha-r. Mosheh b. Efrayim H.y.ṿ. The bride is Biliya t.m. de-miḳre Bekhorah t.m. bat ha-manoaḥ Ḥayim Daniyel di Leʼon ha-m. Parisiʼado. Witness signatures are illegible.

"בשני בשבת עשרה ימים לחדש מרחשון שנת 5592 לבריאת עולם למנין שאנו מנין כאן במתא אורוניק ימא התבא על נהר טונא ... איך החתן ... אהרן בה"ר משה ה"מ מירקאדו הי"ו בן הנו"מ בה"ר משה ב' אפרים הי"ו אמר לא להדא כלתא בתולתא ... מרת בילייא ת"מ דמקריא בכורה ת"מ בת המנוח חיים דניאל די ליאון ה"מ פריסייאדו הוי לי לאנתו כדת משה וישראל..."

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Term Fund .

Elis and Ruth Douer Endowment for Sephardic Culture.

OCLC:

803974010