Ketubah

Marriage contract or ketubah on parchment. The text is inscribed in a pointed horseshoe arch around which is arranged a profuse decoration of floral motifs in red, yellow, blue and green. At the top there are three arches above a band that frame Hebrew inscriptions.

This ketubah is part of the set of marriage contracts kept in the museum. These are essential in the marriage ceremony, when they are read in public. They state the obligations that the husband enters into with the wife and the compensation that he must pay her in the event of divorce. Normally it is signed by the groom and two witnesses and is kept by the bride's family as a guarantee and security for her.