[MANUSCRIPT - KETOUBA] Exceptional Ketouba handwritten on parchment. Viadana, 1637. Marriage contract between Shimshon son of the late Mordecai Kanton and Simha daughter of Yona Amtifissar. The text of the Ketubah written in gilded letters is surrounded by a first register consisting of two columns and a pediment in calligraphy and micro-calligraphy, then a second register consisting of a geometric frieze in micro-calligraphy, and a third register of friezes with scroll motifs also in micro-calligraphy. It is also surmounted by a crown and a coat of arms. (Moistening around the circumference . Missing in the lower right and upper margins). 70 x 52 cm Very rare Ketouba with micro calligraphy decoration . Among the texts are Esther, the Song of Songs, Proverbs. Micrographic Ketubot from this period are extremely rare. The Braginsky collection includes an Italian Ketubot with microcalligraphic decoration dated 1638. (Braginsky Collection Ketubbah 112). Keywords : judaica, jewish, jewish, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hannuccah, torah, juden, israelite, israelite, israel, antisemitism, antisemitism, dreyfus, meguila, sepharad, sefarad, ketubah
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€42,240
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28%
[MANUSCRIPT - KETOUBA]
Exceptional Ketouba handwritten on parchment. Viadana, 1637.
Marriage contract between Shimshon son of the late Mordecai Kanton and Simha daughter of Yona Amtifissar. The text of the Ketubah written in gilded letters is surrounded by a first register consisting of two columns and a pediment in calligraphy and micro-calligraphy, then a second register consisting of a geometric frieze in micro-calligraphy, and a third register of friezes with scroll motifs also in micro-calligraphy. It is also surmounted by a crown and a coat of arms.
(Moistening around the circumference
.
Missing in the lower right and upper margins).
70 x 52 cm
Very rare Ketouba with micro calligraphy decoration
.
Among the texts are Esther, the Song of Songs, Proverbs. Micrographic Ketubot from this period are extremely rare. The Braginsky collection includes an Italian Ketubot with microcalligraphic decoration dated 1638. (Braginsky Collection Ketubbah 112).
Keywords :
judaica, jewish, jewish, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hannuccah, torah, juden, israelite, israelite, israel, antisemitism, antisemitism, dreyfus, meguila, sepharad, sefarad, ketubah
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