The details specific to each contract, such as groom's and bride's names, date and place of marriage and amount of dowry and additions, have been left blank, together with the spaces for the signatures of groom, rabbi and two witnesses. At the top of the page: on the right a prayer for the couple and on the left biblical verses [Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:14 and Psalm 128:3-6].<\/p>" }, { "label": "Former Owner(s)", "value": "Gaster, Moses 1856-1939" }, { "label": "Decoration", "value": "The blessings and the biblical passages at the top of the contract are surrounded by a pencil decoration: a crown at the centre top and two stems with flowers on the sides departing from a vase at the centre bottom." }, { "label": "Acquisition", "value": "Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954." }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Marriage contract template" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "
Biblical quotations and blessing: in two columns with 11 lines;<\/p>
text of the ketubah itself: long line with 21 written lines.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "19th century" }, { "label": "Origin", "value": "
Produced probably in the 19th century.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Script", "value": "
Revised by Zsófia Buda.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "Ṭofes ketubah; טופס כתובה" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Hebrew and Aramaic" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "The John Rylands Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 sheet Leaf height: 426 mm, width: 340 mm." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "Gaster Hebrew MS Add 34" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "
Handwritten model for ketubot. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Hebrew Manuscripts" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "