Ketubah : Nice, France, 1690, February 17 - from our story 'Ketubah Art: Jewish Marriage Contracts From The 17th and 18th Centuries'

Ketubah : Nice, France, 1690, February 17

Ketubah : Nice, France, 1690, February 17. Marriage contract, manuscript, engraving, ink, and green and blue paint on vellum, dated 8th Adar 5450 at Nitsa (1690). The text is written in Italian block letters. The text is surrounded by two registers, which include cartouches in which biblical scenes are depicted. Immediately above the text is a cartouche above which is a crown. Within the cartouche is a representation of the tree of life, and the name of the groom and the priestly blessing are written in micrography ...

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