Ketubah : Dupnit’s’a, Bulgaria, 1798, June 27 - from our story 'Ketubah Art: Jewish Marriage Contracts From The 17th and 18th Centuries'

Ketubah : Dupnit's'a, Bulgaria, 1798, June 27

Ketubah : Dupnit's'a, Bulgaria, 1798, June 27. Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 13th of Tamuz 5558 at Dupnitsah (1798). The text is in two columns, with a third section of text below. The right column contains the terms of the marriage (kidushin) and the left column, the terms of the betrothal (erushin). Both are signed by the same three witnesses. The bottom section contains text enumerating the dowry.

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