Manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 2 Adar (1742). Inventory of the dowry brought by the bride, Reina bat Shelomoh ibn Senior, to her bridegroom, Shelomoh ben Hayim Farhi. Text is surrounded by an architectural border with multicolor floral design. The style is Middle Eastern, as is the calligraphy. At the bottom of the manuscript are the elaborate and ornamental signatures of the two witnesses, which is typical of the Middle East and North Africa.
Description:
Bride: Reina bat Shelomoh Ibn Senior., Bridegroom: Shelomoh ben Hayim Farh., Dowry inventory., Forms part of the Sholem Asch Papers., Gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz, 1943., and In Hebrew.
Americae pars decima ... Omnia nunc primum in lucem edita, atque in aes incisis inconibus
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration, New England --Description and travel --Early works to 1800, and Virginia --History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Subject (Name):
Hamor, Ralph, d. 1626. True discourse of the present estate of Virginia. Latin. 1618, Smith, John, 1580-1631. Description of the New England. Latin. 1618, and Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512