Dowry inventory: Sidon, Lebanon, 1742 March 8

Physical Description:

41 x 17 cm.

Notes:

Dowry inventory.
Bride: Reina bat Shelomoh Ibn Senior.
Bridegroom: Shelomoh ben Hayim Farh.
In Hebrew.
Gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz, 1943.
Forms part of the Sholem Asch Papers.

Abstract:

Manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 2 Adar (1742). Inventory of the dowry brought by the bride, Reina bat Shelomoh ibn Senior, to her bridegroom, Shelomoh ben Hayim Farhi. Text is surrounded by an architectural border with multicolor floral design. The style is Middle Eastern, as is the calligraphy. At the bottom of the manuscript are the elaborate and ornamental signatures of the two witnesses, which is typical of the Middle East and North Africa.

Topics:

Dowry -- Lebanon -- Sidon

Topics:

Sidon (Lebanon) -- Religious life and customs

Language:

Hebrew

Format:

Mixed Material

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Hebrew +98

Orbis Record:

7799286

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1168740

OID:

2041259

PID:

digcoll:3515746