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Ketubah, Essaouira, Morocco, 1914 18 August : manuscript.
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Aramaic
- Subjects (All):
- Essaouira (Morocco)--20th century--Religious life and customs.
- Essaouira (Morocco).
- Manuscripts, Aramaic--Morocco--Essaouira--20th century--Specimens.
- Manuscripts, Aramaic.
- Genre:
- tuǧras.
- Ketubahs.
- Watercolors.
- Manuscripts.
- gouaches (paintings)
- pen and wash drawings.
- pen and ink drawings.
- illuminated manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Donated to the Penn Libraries by Benjamin Zucker, 2025 (formerly Benjamin Zucker Family Ketubah Collection, KET Z243).
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet : parchment, illuminations, ink ; 58 x 42 cm
- Production:
- Alsuira [Essaouira, Morocco], 27 Av 5674 [1914 18 August]
- אלצוירא, כ"ז אב שנת ה'תרע"ד
- Language Note:
- Aramaic; verses in Hebrew.
- Summary:
- Illuminated ketubah on parchment, written for the marriage of Shalom ben Yitsḥaḳ to Mazal Ṭov bat Yaʻaḳov Koenke, Essaouira; autographed below text by Massoud Khalfon, Yosef ibn Attar, and the groom.
- Notes:
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Illuminations in watercolor and gouache; shadowed banners and ribbons adorning a central gilt crown; gilt swirling and white floral garlands; lower banner anchored with gilt swirls and floral knob.
- Written in a Moroccan cursive script, with highlights in a Moroccan square script; first two autographs are tuǧras. Border text: Proverbs XVIII:22, Ruth IV:11-12; Numbers VI:26; upper banners: בסימנא טבא ובמזלא יאיא ובנחשא מעליא; lower banner Proverbs V:18.
- OCLC:
- 1548751695
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