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The Enduring Beauty of a 300-Year-Old Decorated Ketubah

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(The following is a post by Sharon Horowitz, Reference Librarian, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division.)

A Jewish marriage contract, Ketubah, as an artistic object.
Illustrated Ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) handwritten and decorated on parchment. Ancona (Italy), 1722. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division.