Beginning: \"בחמישי בשבת שבעה ימים לחדש אלול שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות וארבעים ושלש לבריאת עולם למנין פה ק\"קי וירונה הבחור ... ישראל דוד בר ...חנניה בר דוד באסן ... אמר לה להדא בתולתא ... בונה קולומבא בת ... אברהם יצחק צורף ... \". <\/p>
The contract is signed by the groom (on the left-hand side), and two witnesses on the right. The contract is also signed by the community scribe Hayyim Shelomoh Levi Mortera, who would have compiled the text of the ketubah as well. The total dowry, including the amount brought by the bride into the marriage and the addition made by the groom, is 800 ducati correnti, 66 ducanti and 2/3 (two thirds). <\/p>
Wintesses signed as \"סהיד\", Judeo-Arabic for 'witness'; third signatory is the scribe: \"מסייע סופר הק\"קי\".<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Decoration",
"value": "The text is enclosed in a double-lined frame which includes in large square characters the biblical verses Isaiah 61:10 and Psalm 128:4.
Preceeding the main text of the contract is a blessing in Aramaic, also in larger characters."
},
{
"label": "Acquisition",
"value": "Unknown."
},
{
"label": "Title",
"value": "Ketubah"
},
{
"label": "Layout",
"value": "
Long line with 18 written lines. Hard-point ruling.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "Thursday 7 Elul 5543 [= 1783 September 4]" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Verona, Italy" }, { "label": "Origin", "value": "
Produced in Verona, Italy, on Thursday 7 Elul 5543 [= 1783 September 4].<\/p>" }, { "label": "Script", "value": "
Revised 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: 390 mm, width: 322 mm." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "Hebrew MS 47" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "
Marriage contract of Bonah Ḳolomba bat Avraham Yitsḥaḳ Tsoref and Yiśraʾel Daṿid ben Ḥananyah ben Daṿid Basan; dated Verona, Thursday 7 Elul 5543.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Hebrew Manuscripts" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "