Ketubah, Mumbai, India, 1882 19 May : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Sassoon, David Solomon, 1880-1942, former owner.

Zucker, Benjamin, 1940- former owner.

Benjamin Zucker Family Ketubah Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Aramaic

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Mumbai (India)--19th century--Religious life and customs.

Mumbai (India).

Manuscripts, Aramaic--India--Mumbai--19th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Aramaic.

Genre:

Ketubahs.

Watercolors.

Manuscripts.

gouaches (paintings)

pen and wash drawings.

pen and ink drawings.

illuminated manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly in the collection of David Solomon Sassoon (see Ohel David).

Purchased by the Penn Libraries from Benjamin Zucker, 2025 (formerly Benjamin Zucker Family Ketubah Collection, KET Z47).

Physical Description:

1 sheet : paper, illuminations, ink ; 55 x 45 cm

Production:

Bombay [Mumbai, India], 1 Siṿan 5642 [1882 19 May]

בומבאי, א' סיון שנת ה'תרמ"ב

Language Note:

Text in Aramaic; central text and verses in Hebrew.

Summary:

Illuminated ketubah on paper, written for the marriage of Avraham ben Mosheh to the widow Tsiporah bat Aharon, Mumbai (spelled בומבאי דעל כיף ימא רבא דאוקיינוס); witness autographs Avraham ben Mosheh and Neḥemiah bar Yosef.

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger.

Written in an Oriental cursive script, and highlights and verses written in an Oriental square script.

Illuminations in watercolor and gouache; two opposing lions facing a central gilt crown drawn at top, with a central gold circular band (surrounding the adorning verses) below the crown, forming a jeweled ring; borders of flora and tassels, with red flora at the sides of the ketubah text.

Cited in:

Sassoon, D.S. Ohel David : Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the Sassoon Library, volume 1, page 384 (number 96)

OCLC:

1548751566