Ketubbah

Description:

"The custom of illuminating the traditional Jewish marriage contract, the ketubbah, developed over the last four centuries into a rich and varied form of Jewish folk art. This book offers a broad selection from one of the outstanding collections of ketubbot, representing Jewish communities from the Near East to Northern Europe. It focuses particularly on the ketubbot of Italy, where the art of the illuminated ketubbah found its most beautiful expression during 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 largest collections of ketubbot, this book also offers a fascinating account of Jewish marriage customs and a vivid picture of diverse Jewish communities." --Book Jacket.

subjects: Catalogs,  Hebrew Manuscripts,  Illumination of books and manuscripts, Jewish,  Jewish Illumination of books and manuscripts,  Ketubah,  Manuscripts, Hebrew,  Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem),  Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum,  Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion,  Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Library,  Illumination of books and manuscripts, catalogs,  Manuscripts, catalogs