Ketubbah: The Art of the Jewish Marriage Contract

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The custom of illuminating the normal Jewish marriage contract, the ketubbah, developed over the past four centuries into a wealthy and varied type of Jewish folk art. This book offers a broad selection from one of the vital outstanding collections of ketubbot, representing Jewish communities from the Near East to Northern Europe. It focuses particularly at the ketubbot of Italy, where the art of the illuminated ketubbah found its such a lot beautiful expression all over the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, under the influence of Renaissance and Baroque art.
Co-produced with the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, home to one of the vital largest collections of ketubbot, this book also offers an enchanting account of Jewish marriage customs and a vivid picture of numerous Jewish communities.

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