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Bidding Information
Lot #    19851
Auction End Date    2/19/2008 10:04:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Kettubah of Waknine Family
Title (Hebrew)    כתובה ממשפחת וואחנון
Author    [Ms. - Illuminated Vellum]
City    Tetuan, Morocco
Publication Date    1907
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    510:373 mm., some creasing and color fading, ink on vellum, neat Moroccan rabbinic script, signed and dated.
          
Paragraph 1    A rectangular parchment with the text enclosed within a colorful Moorish arch supported by two columns, Surrounding the arch are floral motifs. In the upper section of the page are decorative inscriptions set in a crenelated framework, the apertures occupied by floral bouquets. The kettubah is predominately colored with orange, yellow, blue, and green.
          
Detailed
Description		    Kettubah for the marriage of Abraham and Reina on Wednesday 17 Elul 5666, the bride being a descendant of R. Joseph Waknine, a prominent Moroccan family of rabbis and Torah scholars.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Morocco
  
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Characteristic
Parchment or vellum:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Ketubot:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica