Ketubah : [Tétouan, Morocco], [December 6, 1891].
כתובה : [טיטואן, מרוקו],

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

Barg'ilo, Yitsḥaḳ, signer.

ברג'ילו, יצחק.

Language:

Aramaic

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Azenḳoṭ, Yehudah ben Yaʻaḳov--Marriage.

Alḥadad, ʻAlyaa bat Yitsḥaḳ ha-kohen--Marriage.

Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law).

Ketubah--Specimens.

Ketubah.

Cohanim.

Tétouan (Morocco)--Religious life and customs.

Tétouan (Morocco).

Jews--Morocco--Tétouan--19th century--History--Sources.

Jews.

Local Subjects:

Azenḳoṭ, Yehudah ben Yaʻaḳov--Marriage.

Alḥadad, ʻAlyaa bat Yitsḥaḳ ha-kohen--Marriage.

Genre:

ketubahs.

illuminated manuscripts.

pen and wash drawings.

autographs (manuscripts)

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Taj Art (Jerusalem), Auction 2 (August 19, 2021) lot 193.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 454 x 395 (340 x 380) mm.

Place of Publication:

[December 6, 1891].

[ח' כסלו תרנ"ב].

Language Note:

In Aramaic and Hebrew.

Summary:

This is an illuminated ketubah (a Jewish marriage contract) on parchment, written and signed in Tétouan, Morocco on 8 Kislev 5652 (December 6, 1891) for the marriage of Yehudah ben Yaʻaḳov Azenḳoṭ (referred to as "the eminent", a Torah scholar) to ʻAlyaa Alḥadad (bat Yitsḥaḳ; a family of Cohanim), witnessed by Shemuʼel Yiśraʼel and Yitsḥaḳ Barg'ilo (Tétouan dayanim, rabbinical judges). Document is illuminated; an architechtural scheme (three Persian dome motifs) drawn in black with gold highlights; leafy vine decorations in greens and reds, around two sets of Cohanim finger-formations (each of the four hands also designed as a khamsa); written in a Moroccan cursive script (text) with highlights in a large Moroccan square script; חי exaggerated at center left in calligraphy.

Local Notes:

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

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 563.

OCLC:

1330717991