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Ketubah for Isaac Pereira and Rachel de Pinto
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This ketubah was written and illustrated for the wedding of Isaac Pereira and Rachel de Pinto, members of prominent Sephardic families. At the top a pair of hands clasp, and vignettes along the sides…

Contributor:

Shalom Italia

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1648

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Ketubot, Life cycle, Marriage, Sephardic

Categories:

Print & book culture, Law, Legal documents
Page of Aramaic text with illustration of pair of hands clasped at top and illustrated vignettes along sides of text depicting wedding scenes, joined by vines and flowers.
Ketubah (Hamburg)
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On June 7, 1690, Samuel de Isaac Senior Teixeira married Rachel Teixeira de Mattos Senior in Hamburg. Their beautiful ketubah (marriage contract) depicts the couple under the wedding canopy…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1690

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Ketubot, Life cycle, Marriage, Sephardic

Categories:

Print & book culture, Law, Legal documents
Page of Aramaic text surrounded by ornate illustrations, including couple under wedding canopy at the top of the page with many well-dressed people around them and two angels flying overhead, and two women on pedestals on either side of the bottom of the page on either side of a wreath with text inside.