The contract is signed by the groom in the centre and two witnesses, whose signatures are mostly illegible. <\/p>
The total dowry, including the amount brought by the bride, which in this case is only household objects, into the marriage and the addition made by the groom, is 600 Pesos de ocho reales [פיזוס של שמנה ריאלים מב\"ע ממטבע איספאנייא].<\/p>" }, { "label": "Former Owner(s)", "value": "Gaster, Moses 1856-1939" }, { "label": "Alternative Identifier(s)", "value": "Gaster 1649" }, { "label": "Decoration", "value": "The text is written in the centre of the vellum. On both sides of the text is a blue painted column with a red ribbon draped around it. Each column stands on a pedestal decorated with a golden vase and a green plant with blue and red flowers. From the top of the column grows a long green stem with flowers. The stems that grow from the two columns meet at the top centre. Above the text, the two red ribbons draped around the columns are fastened together to form a bow. Above the bow is an Aramaic blessing in golden letters. In each upper corner, there is bouquet fastened with a red ribbon. On the outer sides of the columns and above the text biblical quotations in golden letters: from Psalms (128:3) and Proverbs. The initial word of the contract is also in larger golden characters." }, { "label": "Acquisition", "value": "Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954." }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Ketubah" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "
Long line with 25 written line. Lead pencil ruling.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "Wednesday 15 Shevat 5572 [= 29 January 1812]" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Gibraltar" }, { "label": "Origin", "value": "
Produced in Gibraltar, on Wednesday 15 Shevat 5572 [= 29 January 1812].<\/p>" }, { "label": "Script", "value": "
Revised and enhanced by Zsófia Buda.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "כתובה; Marriage contract" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Hebrew and Aramaic" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "The John Rylands Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 sheet Leaf height: 438 mm, width: 350 mm." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "Gaster Hebrew MS 1649" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "
Ketubah of Rinah bat Aaron ben Solomon Abecasis and Beniyahu ha-Cohen ben Benjamin Arieh ben Beniyahu ben Yehoyada; dated Gibraltar, Wednesday 15 Shevat 5572. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Hebrew Manuscripts" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "