Author
Horowitz, Barbara, donor.
Publication Date
1879
Publication Place
[1879 May 13?]., [21 Air 1359?]. -
Subject
Ketubah., Ketubah--Forgeries--Specimens., Marriage (Jewish law)--Forgeries--19th century--Specimens., Marriage (Jewish law).
Type
Document
Language
ara,arc,heb
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 585 x 407 (292 x 291) mm
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
1313558203
Record ID
9978146422103681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1879
Notes
In Aramaic (ketubah text); adorning blessings and verses in Hebrew. | Purchased on travel in Italy (Barbara Horowitz)., Donated in memory of husband Bertram H. Horowitz by Barbara Horowitz. | Access to this item is subject to staff review.
Sample Text
This is an illuminated forged ketubah presented to be written in Ancona for the marriage of widower (האלמון) Avner ben Avraham to Leʼah bat Mosheh (her first marriage); the marriage ceremony was to have occurred on Tuesday night after nightfall (thereby dating 21, though writing that it was on the third day of the week, בשלישי בשבת). The ketubah notes that Ancona is on "the rivers Mincio and Milano" (the Mincio River is in Lombardy, and the Milano is unnacounted for; the ketubah was likely created for tourists in Italy; many "Italian" ketubah forgeries were created in Iran, where a number of forged ketubahs coming from "Ancona" have survived). Written in 17 lines (text) surrounded by blessings, ketubah adornments and illuminations (ink and watercolor drawings of palms, evergreens, floral urns, patterns of flora, grapes, fish, and pomegranates, and double columns in green, red, and blue); written in a Persian cursive script (ketubah text) and a calligraphic Sephardic square script (adorning blessings and verses; text highlights and names in a square script).
Atıf Şekli
UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 548.
Tür
Specimens., Ketubahs., Illuminated manuscripts., Pen and wash drawings., Autographs (manuscripts)
