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...
Description:
Bride: Miryam Rosa bat ha-manoah Eli'ezer Polisi.
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)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 18th of Iyar 5611at Broinshvaig (1851). The text is written in the Hebrew block letters that are also used in Hebrew sacred texts (ketav stam). There are no decorations. In addition to the two witnes...
Description:
Bride: Roza de-mitkare Rozalyah bat Mordekhai.
Subject (Geographic):
Braunschweig (Germany) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Nahum Tsevi Hirsh Goldberg, Roza bat Mordekhai, and Uri Shraga ben Mosheh Aryeh
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Germany --Braunschweig and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 4th of Adar 5526 at Dargiya (1766). The bride is referred to as a halitstah, i.e. released from a levirite marriage.
Description:
Bride: Ester bat Tsevi ha-mekhuneh Hirsh.
Subject (Geographic):
Dordrecht (Netherlands) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Binyamin bar Yitshak, Ester bat Tsevi ha-mekhuneh Hirsh, and Yosef ben Zalmon Segal
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Netherlands --Dordrecht and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 7th of Marheshvan 5488 at Fiyorintsa (1727). The document is written in Italian block letters with blessings for the bride and groom. The border is made up of a short poem which plays on the names of...
Description:
Bride: Tsafirra bat Shemu'el Kalo.
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Shelomoh ben Eliyahu Bulafi and Tsafirra bat Shemu'el Kalo
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Florence and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum cut in the shape of an arch, dated 12th of Heshvan 5630 (1869) at Firentsi. Blessings for the bride and groom serve as a decorative border around the text, which is written in Italian block letters. There a...
Description:
Bride: Rivkah Rika bat Yosef Kastiliyoni.
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Refa'el ben Mordekhai Pinya and Rivkah Rika bat Yosef Kastiliyoni
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Florence and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 25th of Adar 5645 (1885) at Ohran. There is no decoration. The text is written in Sephardic script. The border consists of blessings for the bride and groom written in Hebrew block letters. There is a...
Description:
Witnesses: Beraham Medinah and Yosef Kohen.
Subject (Geographic):
Oran (Algeria) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Kohen, Yosef and Medinah, Beraham
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Algeria --Oran and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
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.
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)
