Ketubah, Persian : [Mashhad, Iran], [24 September 1883].
כתובה פרסית : [מאשאהד, איראן],

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Elisha ben Pinḥas, Scribe (Mashhad, Iran), scribe.

Moldovan Family Judaica Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

אלישע בן פנחס.

Language:

Hebrew

Persian

Subjects (All):

Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law).

Ketubah--Specimens.

Mashhad (Iran)--Religious life and customs.

Jews--Iran--Mashhad--19th century--History--Sources.

Nisan ben Yaʻaḳov--Marriage.

Zeruyah bat Avraham--Marriage.

Local Subjects:

Nisan ben Yaʻaḳov--Marriage.

Zeruyah bat Avraham--Marriage.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Persian -- 19th century.

Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century.

ketubahs.

pen and wash 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) : paper.

Place of Publication:

[24 September 1883].

[כ"ב אלול תרמ"ג].

Language Note:

In Persian; outer signatures in Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a decorated ketubah (a Jewish marriage contract) on paper, written and signed in Mashad, Iran, 22 Elul in the year 1300 A.H. (Monday, September 24, 1883); the groom was Nisan ben Yaʻaḳov; the bride was Zeruyah bat Avraham; witnesses Elisha ben Pinḥas (also the scribe) and Abdul Cohen. Three verses in upper framing; ketubah text in nine lines. Item decorated: outer and inner framing dark blue outlined with faux gilt and orange, in a carpet tile and filigree (probably created on a form or with paper quilling); inner frame design elements include rhombus patterns and jeweled rosettes in greens and blues (perhaps attempting to imitate appliqué on textiles); the motif is reminiscent of an Islamic or Persian manuscript carpet page. Upper framing slightly tilted; item previously folded into twelve parts (now pressed flat).

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 596.

OCLC:

1365106625