Shalom Sabar
Size: 9.4" x 13.3" / 24 x 34 cm
Language: English
125 illus., 69 color
Hardcover, 199 pages
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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 centures, 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.