Epithalamium
Manuscript ID:
Ms. Acc. 316
Place:
Italy
Date:
18 th century
Description:
ink on paper; broadside (41.8 x 30 cm.); Italian cursive Hebrew script
Subject:
Epithalamia; Poetry
English Text:
This much faded epithalamium is written on a printed broadside displaying large images of
trumpeting putti at the top and a groom holding out his hand to his fan-wielding bride in the
center. The marriage was between Zechariah ben Abraham Fontanella and a woman whose name
is illegible but for its initial letter “B.”
Manuscript Link:
https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1009080210