Marriage contract, manuscript on vellum. Gilt and colored, dated 14 Adar I 5548 [1788 February 22] at Piri-Pasha near Constantinople. In manuscript on verso: No. 17939 Marriage certificate (Kethubah) Family relic dated 5548. 144 years old. Not to be sold. J. Sassoon 62 Mortimer st. W.1.
Description:
Bride: Rebecca bat Mordecai Avorashi. and Bridegroom: Moses Jekuthiel ben Joshua Jekuthiel.
Subject (Geographic):
Piri-Pasha (Turkey) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Rebecca bat Mordecai Avorashi
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Turkey --Piri-Pasha and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 13th of Nisan 5635 (1875) at Teheran. Text enclosed in a long rectangle surrounded by a floral border.
Description:
Bride: Miryam bat Efrayim., Bridegroom: David ben Pinhas Kats., and Witnesses: Rabi Yitshak ben Yisra'el ; Mosheh ben Yitshak ; Refa'el ben 'Azaria ; and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Tehran (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
David ben Pinhas Kats, Miryam bat Efrayim, Moseh ben Yitshak, Rafa'el ben 'Azaria, and Yitshak ben Yisra'el
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Tehran --Iran and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract in booklet format, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 6th of Tishre 5690 at Teheran (1929). The text is divided into many registers enclosed by a multicolored carpet motif. The ketubah text is followed by a dowry list, which in tu
Description:
Bride: Hashmat bat Pinhas. and Bridegroom: Ezra ben Ye'udah.
Subject (Geographic):
Iran --Tehran --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Ezra ben Ye'udah and Hashmat bat Pinhas
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Tehran and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript codex, ink and paint on paper, dated 16th of Kislev 5692 (1931) at Teheran. The ketubah is written in the form of a 10 p. booklet with five registers on each page, except for the first two pages which only have two registers
Description:
Bride: Turan ? and Bridegroom: Asher ?
Subject (Geographic):
Tehran (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Tehran --Iran and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated the fouth of Tamuz 5575 (1815 July 12) at Tetuan. Intricate floral border including two birds and a vase above a calligraphed passage with good wishes for the bride and groom. Text framed by a horseshoe arch. The text includes an additional clause obligating the groom not to take a second wife and not to move the family to another city without the wife�s consent.
Description:
Bride: 'Alia bat Yosef ben Ya'akov ben Yosef Ben-Gigi., Bridegroom: Shem Tov ben Avraham ben Shem Tov ben Yosef ha-Levi., and Witnesses: Menahem Nahon; Mosheh ha-Levi.
Subject (Geographic):
Tetouan (Morocco) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Ben-Gigi, 'Alia bat Yosef ben Ya'akov ben Yosef, ha-Levi, Mosheh, ha-Levi, Shem Tov ben Avraham ben Shem Tov ben Yosef, and Nahon, Menahem
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Morocco --Tetouan and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 9th of Sivan 5660 (1900) at Tetuan. Text within a horseshoe arch surrounded by a floral design with two birds on either side of the upper end of the arch. Above the arch are blessings for the bride and the groom.
Description:
Bride: G'amilah bat Ya'akov Ben Yamin. and Bridegroom: Shemu'el bar Ya'akov 'Ati'ah.
Subject (Geographic):
Tetouan (Morocco) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
G'amilah bat Ya'akov Ben Yamin and Shemu'el bar Ya'akov 'Ati'ah
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Morocco --Tetouan and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 7 Tamuz 5549 at Saloniki, Greece. Surrounding the two columns of text are birds, flowers, fruit, columns, biblical sayings, Eshet Hayil, Shir ha-shirim. The right column contains the marriage terms and the left column contains the betrothal terms. Colors used are brown, with coral & dark grayish blue-green.
Description:
Bride: Simha demitkarit Simholah bat Mosheh [Shemu'el?] and Bridegroom: Ye'oshu'a ben Eliyahu [?].
Subject (Geographic):
Thessalonike (Greece) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Simha bat Mosheh Shemu'el and Ye'oshu'a ben Eliyahu
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Greece --Thessalonike and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 9th of Tamuz 5660 (1900) at [Turkey?]. The document is in the shape of a house with a scalloped top. The upper register contains a circle, which includes the blessing of Isaac to Jacob, Genesis 27:28. The Hebrew lettering and the scallops above are colored with gold and silver metallic paint. There are floral decorations throughout the ketubah.
Description:
Bride: Marat [?] bat Avraham. and Bridegroom: Yisra'el Katarbas ben Nisim Yitshak Katarbas.
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Yisra'el Katarbas ben Nisim Yitshak Katarbas
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Turkey and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper with a scalloped top, dated 11th of Nisan 5612 (1852) at Vidin. Two columns of text are bordered by two arches. The right column contains the terms of the marriage (kidushin) and the left side, the terms of the betrothal (erushin). Both are signed by the same two witnesses. On the left side there is additional text at the bottom, perhaps enumerating the dowry. The text is written in Sephardic style script. The gilded illuminations depict columns decorated with floral designs.
Description:
Bride: Marat [?] demitkari Mirkadah ben Mosheh. and Bridegroom: Ye'udah Aryeh ben Hayim Aryeh.
Subject (Geographic):
Vidin (Bulgaria) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Mirkadah ben Mosheh and Ye'udah Aryeh ben Hayim Aryeh
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Bulgaria --Vidin and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)