Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 11 Sivan 5540 at Siyenah (1780). There are no decorations. The text is enclosed in a frame of traditional blessings for the bride and groom.
Description:
Bride: Mazal Tov bat ha-manoah Yitshak Vitirbo. and Bridegroom: Yehudah ben Yitshak Sornaga.
Subject (Geographic):
Siena (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Mazal Tov bat ha-manoah Yitshak Vitirbo and Yehudah ben Yitshak Sornaga
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Siena and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 11 of Adar 1, 5548 at Sienah (1788). The top of the ketubah is shaped in a triangle in which are contained benedictory statements for the bride and groom.
Description:
Bride: Konsola bat ha-manoah Dani'el Se'adon., Bridegroom: Mosheh Yosef Servi., and Witnesses: Yedidyah ben Refa'el Shelomoh Segal, Yitshak ben Shene'ur.
Subject (Geographic):
Siena (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Konsola bat Dani'el Se'adon, Mosheh Yosef Servi, Yedidyah ben Refa'el Shelomoh Segal, and Yitshak ben Shene'ur
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Siena and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 13th Kislev 5641 at Soranya (1880). The ketubah is rectangular in shape. The text is enclosed within a double colored border; one of colored geometrical designs, the other (inner) with primarily biblical quotations in red ink relating to the blessings of marriage. Heading in red and green ink.
Description:
Bride: Adili bat Elishama' Hayim Fo'ah., Bridegroom: Avraham ben Yehi'el Gavri'el Seforni., and Witnesses: 'Azri'el Serano and Yosef Hizkiyah Fano.
Subject (Geographic):
Soragna (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Adili bat Elishama' Hayim Fo'ah, Avraham ben Yehi'el Gavri'el Seforni, 'Azri'el Serano, and Yosef Hizkiyah Fano
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Soragna and Prenuptial contracts (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 15th of Elul 5652 at Tang�ar (1892). A red ornamental printed border encloses the text that is written in Sefardic script with the names of the bride and groom written in large block Hebrew letters. Above the text are blessings for the bride and groom in larger block Hebrew letters that are decorated in a floral design. The groom�s signature appears below the text. The word ""Hai"" appears in the center of the text towards the bottom as is common in Moroccan ketubot, however, here it is quite elaborately decorated.
Description:
Bride: Zahara bat Yitshak ... Avikhazir. and Bridegroom: Makhluf ha-Kohen ben Yosef Alhadad.
Subject (Geographic):
Tangier (Morocco) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Makhluf ha-Kohen ben Yosef Alhadad and Zahara bat Yitshak Avikhazir
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Morocco --Tangier and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 5th of Sivan 5665 at Teheran (1905). The text is set in even rectangular panels, each panel enclosing about four or five lines. The names of the bride and groom and the statement ""according to the laws of Moses and Israel"" are written in large Hebrew block letters; the rest of the text is written in a semi-cursive script. The text is framed by a floral panel on the right side. There is an additional decorative panel above the text that contains traditional blessings for the wedding couple. This panel is known in Iranian as the sar lowh. Along the left side is additional text, which most probably enumerates additional financial arrangements between the bride and the groom, signed by six witnesses. The marriage document itself is signed by five witnesses.
Description:
Bride: Sultan bat Shim'on Ya'akov. and Bridegroom: Ravi ben Aharon.
Subject (Geographic):
Tehran (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Ravi ben Aharon and Sultan bat Shim'on Ya'akov
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Tehran and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 3 Tevet 5538 at Virtsilli (1778). The document is scalloped at the top and within the upper border are two joined ovals with pictures of a laver pouring water over hands and hands forming the gesture of the priestly blessing to symbolize that the marriage is joining a groom from the Levi family and a bride from the Kohen family. The text is surrounded by a floral border in various shades of blue and brown. The text is written in Italian block letters, however the ink is quite faded.
Description:
Bride: Rivkah Gratsyah bat Hilel Shalom Katsi. and Bridegroom: Aharon Yehoshu'a ben Elisha' Hayim Levi Gatinara.
Subject (Geographic):
Vercelli (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Gatinara, Aharon Yehoshu'a ben Elisha' Hayim Levi and Katsi, Rivkah Gratsyah bat Hilel Shalom
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Vercelli and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on parchment, dated 9th of Kislev 5595 in the evening (1835 December 10) at Verona. Surrounding the text are calligraphed biblical verses (Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 62:5, and Ruth 4:11-12) inside a plain ruled border with an Italian stamp in each top corner. Signed by the groom (?) and two witnesses in Italian. One of the witnesses is the rabbi, David Samuel Pardo. The ketubah design is similar to that of other ketubot from Verona at that time.
Description:
Bride: Hanah bat ha-manoah Yosef Shelomoh Hayim Hizkiyah Refa'el Levi Mortirah., Bridegroom: Eliyahu Shemu'el Refa'el Hayim bar Shelomoh Menahem Kotser., and Witnesses: David Samuel Pardo, Marco Forte ... .
Subject (Geographic):
Verona (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Kotser, Eliyahu Shemu'el Refa'el Hayim bar Shelomoh Menahem., Mortirah, Hanah bat Yosef Shelomoh Hayim Hizkiyah Refa'el Levi., and Pardo, David Samuel
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Verona and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 2nd of Nisan 5597 at Vidin (1837). Two columns of text, one for the terms of the betrothal (erusin) and one for the marriage (kidushin), both signed by the same two witnesses. One of the witnesses signed with the decorative flourishes that are typical of sephardic rabbis. On the left side there is additional text at the bottom, presumably enumerating the dowry, although the word �lista� is missing. The text is written in Sephardic script. The document is scalloped at the top. The decorated six cornered star at the center above the text contains a very short statement that the bride and groom stood under the canopy on a Friday. In the triangles of the star are abbreviations of blessings for the bride and groom. On either side of the star are also blessings for the bride and groom.
Description:
Bride: Rahel bat Ya'akov Ashkenazi. and Bridegroom: Yitshak ben Mosheh Alshekh.
Subject (Geographic):
Vidin (Bulgaria) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Rah'el bat Ya'akov Ashkenazi and Yitshak ben Mosheh Alshekh
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Bulgaria --Vidin and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated the 17th of Av 5619 at Vidin (1859). There are two columns of text within decorative arches. On the right side is the marriage agreement (kidushin) and on the left side are the terms of betrothal (erusin), both signed by the same witnesses. In the semicircles of the arches are blessings for the bride and groom. In the left side there is additional text at the bottom entitled ""lista,"" enumerating the dowry. The text is written in Sephardic script. The top of the ketubah is in the shape of a scalloped triangle. Within it is a blue vase with multicolored flowers. The columns are painted in blue and the arches in green. The blessings are written in red ink.
Description:
Bride: Simhah bat Yeruham? and Bridegroom: Yitshak ben ha-manoah Mosheh?
Subject (Geographic):
Vidin (Bulgaria) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Simhah bat Yeruham and Yitshak ben Mosheh
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Bulgaria --Vidin and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)