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Bidding Information
Lot #    4491
Auction End Date    4/29/2003 3:48:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Ketubbah
Title (Hebrew)    כתובה
Author    [Illuminated Ms.]
City    Gibraltar
Publication Date    1822
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    562:402 mm., creased on folds, some paint chipped and/or faded, framed and glazed on a black velvet background.
          
Paragraph 1    Ink on vellum, arched design, column border in tendrils of red and green daises and pom poms, initial word in matching colors (initial letter appears to be misspelled!), upper secton with vase and floral designs. Written in Sephardic script, 24 lines of text, signed bt the
          
Detailed
Description		    Groom - Isaac son of Shlomo son of Shmuel Snaninz, bride - Maknin daughter of the judge Abraham son of Shmuel son of Shlomo of Israel, dated 13th of Elul 5583.
          
Paragraph 2    Sephardic Gibraltar ketubbot extant today generally date from the mid to late 19th century, this ketubbah dated 1822 is one of the earliest known. A feature of Gibraltar ketubbot the money clause comprises the bride's dowry and the groom's two increments, which appear before the dowry. Each of these three amounts is standradized at 600 pesos fuertes, so that the total equals 1800. The numerical equavilent in Hebrew is the letters "חי" - meaning life - inscribed in large capitals and occuping five lines.
          
Reference
Description		    Sabar, Ketubbah p. 254
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Gibraltar
  
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Characteristic
Parchment or vellum:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Ketubot:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica