Marriage contract, manuscript, engraving, ink, and green and blue paint on vellum, dated 8th Adar 5450 at Nitsa (1690). The text is written in Italian block letters. The text is surrounded by two registers, which include cartouches in which biblical scenes are depicted. Immediately above the text is a cartouche above which is a crown. Within the cartouche is a representation of the tree of life, and the name of the groom and the priestly blessing are written in micrography ...
Description:
Bride: Rosa bat Joseph Cohen. and Bridegroom: Jacob ben Samson Vallabrega.
Subject (Geographic):
Nice (France) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Rosah bat Yosef Kohen and Ya'akov ben Shimshon Valabregah
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --France --Nice and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
"Made and sold by Gregory and Wright (the patentees), mathematical instrument makers near the India House, Leadenhail Street"--p. 4., "Suppose ... the following observation were taken June 10, 1785"--P. 2., and Folded plate (20 x 30 cm.) loose, originally tipped in between p. 2-3.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Topic):
Astronomical instruments --Early works to 1800, Navigation --Early works to 1800, and Octants