Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, 10 Marheshvan 5601 at Bolonya (1840). Text is written in Italian square characters. There are no decorations, but the text is framed with a rectangular border in which appear conventional blessings for the bride and groom taken from the book of Psalms.
Description:
Bride: Miryam Rosa bat ha-manoah Eli'ezer Polisi., Bridegroom: Gavri'el ben Yitshak Hayim ha-Levi., and Witnesses: Avraham Mikha'el ben Yo'av [?] ; [?] David ben Kolonimos [?].
Subject (Geographic):
Bologna (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Gavri'el ben Yitshak Hayim ha-Levi and Miryam Rosa bat Eli'ezer Polisi
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Bologna and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Manuscript on paper of Niccolò da Ferrara(?), Polistorio (books I and II), with Table of Contents and indices
Description:
In Italian., Script: Copied by a single hand in Gothico-Humanistica Textualis Libraria., Decoration: Red headings; red or blue paragraph marks; red or blue 2- or 3-line initials; gold 4-7-line initials; large 11-13-line faceted initials, decorated with flowers, animals, etc. in a quadrangular trompe-l'oeil frame., and Binding: 19th century brown leather and red paper over cardboard; spine with 6 raised bands and gold-tooled inscription "POLISTORIO" in the second compartment.
