Ketubah (כתובה), Rome, 22 Sivan 5558 (6 June 1798)
Description
The ornamentation of this ketubah, which commemorates a wedding
between two important families of the Roman ghetto, Toscano and Di
Segni, reflects the golden age of ketubah decoration in Rome. The
decorative frame is divided into inner and outer borders. Panels
adorned with flowers on painted gold fields flank the sides of the
text. In the outer frames, crisscrossed micrographic inscriptions
form diamond-shaped spaces, each of which contains a large flower.
The design in the inner and the outer frames are surrounded by
minuscule square Hebrew letters, presenting the entire four
chapters of the book of Ruth.
