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Ketubah : [Finale Emilia, Italy], [13 April 1832].
כתובה : [פינאלי אימיליא],
Library at the Katz Center - Rare Book Manuscript CAJS Rar Ms 584
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Aramaic
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law).
- Ketubah--Specimens.
- Ketubah.
- Finale Emilia (Italy)--Religious life and customs.
- Finale Emilia (Italy).
- Jews--Italy--Finale Emilia--19th century--History--Sources.
- Jews.
- Carpi, Mosheh Ḥayim ben Ḳalonimus Mazalṭov--Marriage.
- Finzi, Berakhah Susana bat Refaʼel Ḥayim--Marriage.
- Local Subjects:
- Carpi, Mosheh Ḥayim ben Ḳalonimus Mazalṭov--Marriage.
- Finzi, Berakhah Susana bat Refaʼel Ḥayim--Marriage.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, Aramaic -- 19th century.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century.
- ketubahs.
- illuminated manuscripts.
- pen and ink drawings.
- autographs (manuscripts)
- Penn Provenance:
- GIFT FROM THE MOLDOVAN FAMILY COLLECTION By Joseph T. Moldovan C'76 and Susan A. Moldovan C'76. Donated in Honor and Memory of Jean and Dr. Alfred Moldovan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : vellum, ink, manuscript, illuminations.
- Place of Publication:
- [13 April 1832].
- [י"ג ניסן תקצ"ב].
- Language Note:
- In Aramaic and Hebrew.
- Summary:
- This is an illuminated ketubah (a Jewish marriage contract) on parchment, written and signed in Finale Emilia, Italy, 13 Nisan 5592 (Friday, April 13, 1832); identified as Finale, on the river Panaro and basins ("פינאלי מתא דיתבא על נהר פאנארו ומי בארות"). The groom was Mosheh Ḥayim, son of Ḳalonimus Mazalṭov Carpi; the bride was Berakhah Susana, daughter of Refaʼel Ḥayim Finzi; witnesses Gedaliah ben Yaʻaḳov Yitsḥaḳ Uceda and Avraham Formiggini. Written in 20 long lines, in one column justified to center; entire manuscript framed rectangularly in brown ink (double lines, with interior painted in floral relief in bright golds, blue, and reds); painted flowers below text and signatures; two birds drink from a tri-footed basin (above introductory verse).
- Notes:
- introductory verse: Matsa ishah matsa ṭov (Proverbs XVIII:22).
- מצא אשה מצא טוב.
- Cited as:
- UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 584.
- OCLC:
- 1357556596
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