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Bidding Information
Lot #    5802
Auction End Date    10/8/2003 2:18:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Kettubah
Title (Hebrew)    כתובה
Author    [Ms.]
City    Flushing, Holland
Publication Date    1667
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    405:590 mm., ink on deerskin, large square Hebrew block letters, usual staining.
          
Detailed
Description		    For the marriage of Asher Mordehai b. Todras Sotkin to Judit Deborah b. Abraham on Sunday, 15th of Tamuz, 5427 in Vlissingen, a small commune in southwestern Netherlands. It is situated on the southern coast of Walcheren Island, at the mouth of the western Schelde (Scheldt) estuary. Its name was changed to Flushing for a short time during occupation by the British in the 17th century. This marriage occured during the occupation.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
17th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Holland:    Checked
  
Subject
  
Characteristic
Parchment or vellum:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Ketubot:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica