Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 12th of Adar I 5570 at Liṿorno (1810). The bride and groom are descendants of Sephardic (Spanish) Jews who settled in Italy. Besides the standard wording, the text includes the statement t...
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כתובה : ליוורנו, איטליה, 12 אדר א 5570.
Description:
Bride: ha-almanah Ḳolomba bat ha-manoaḥ Mosheh me-Ḳapuʼah.
Subject (Geographic):
Livorno (Italy)--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Capua, Colomba bat Mosheh, me-, Corcos, Isak ben Binyamin, Medinah, Yaʻaḳov de ben Yitsḥaḳ Ḥayim, Priʼas, Yitsḥaḳ Cardoso, מדינה, יעקב די בן יצחק חיים, פריאס, יצחק קארדוסו, קאפואה, קולומבא בת משה מ-, and קורקוס, יצחק בן בנימין
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah--Italy--Livorno and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 27 Elul 5627 at Gulpadgan (1867). The document is written in semi-block letters. The calligraphy above the text of the ketubah is the phrase "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem" (Psalm 137:5) and...
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כתובה : גולפייגן, איראן, 5627, 27 אלול.
Description:
Bride: Bibi bat Babai.
Subject (Geographic):
Gulpāyigān (Iran)--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Yaʻaḳov ben Yosef, ביבי בת באבאי, and יעקב בן יוסף
Subject (Topic):
Antenuptial contracts (Jewish law) and Ketubah--Iran--Gulpāyigān
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 9th of Nisan, 5665 (1905) at Dameśeḳ. The text is written within an arched gilded border in the bottom half of the document. Above it and on both sides are painted large vases with flower...
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כתובה : דמשק, סוריה, 5665 ניסן 9.
Description:
Bride: Ester ha-mitḳaret Tirah bat ha-manoaḥ Nibtsah Eliyah.
Subject (Geographic):
Damascus (Syria)--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Buqqaʻi, Raḥamim ben Yosef, Ester bat Nibtsah Eliyah, אסתר בת ניבצאל אליה, and בוקאעי, רחמים בן יוסף
Subject (Topic):
Antenuptial contracts (Jewish law) and Ketubah--Syria--Damascus
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated the 7th of Shevaṭ 5614 at Firentsi (1854). A rectangular ketubah with the text written in square Hebrew letters typical of Italian-Jewish scribes in nineteenth century Italy. According to ...
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כתובה : פירנצה, איטליה, 5614, שבט 7.
Description:
Bride: Leʼah bat Yaʻaḳov Lampronṭi.
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Lampronṭi, Leʼah bat Yaʻaḳov, Piazza, Reʼuven ben Mosheh, לאמפרונטי, לאה בת יעקב, and פיאצא, ראובן בן משה
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah--Italy--Florence and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Manuscript copy, in an unidentified seventeenth-century hand, of a text of Macbeth very similar to the Sir William Davenant version published in 1674. Ten pages supplied in a modern hand.
Description:
Binding: 18th century marbled boards; contemporary cloth case.
Subject (Name):
D'Avenant, William,--Sir,--1606-1668, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Macbeth, and Turner, William,--Sir,--1615-1692--Ownership
The papers consist of approximately 85 manuscript poems written by, to or for Lady Elizabeth Compton and other family members and a personal account book kept by James Compton from 1716 to 1734. The poems include birthday and wedding poems; elegies on...
Alternative Title:
Account book
Description:
James Compton, Earl of Northampton (1687-1754) married the heiress Elizabeth Shirley in 1716; she became Baroness Ferrers of Chartley in her own right in the following year. The couple moved into Compton Wynates, and extensively restored and altered t...
Subject (Name):
Compton family, Rushout, Anne Compton,--Lady,--1693-1766, and Townshend, Charlotte Compton,--Viscountess,--d. 1770
Subject (Topic):
Amusements--England, Cost and standard of living--England--18th century, and Family--England--Domestic relations
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of about 25 primarily satirical or lighthearted poems, many on the subject of women and love. Poem titles include Damon to Philomel; Advice to a lady, by George, 1st baron Lyttleton; On Sr Isaac Newton; U...
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A receipt to make an epigram; said to be wrote by Lord Chesterfield
Description:
Autograph inside front cover: Mary Dyott 10 Febry 1792.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--19th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Dyott, Mary--Autograph, Ickworth, John Hervey,--Baron,--1696-1743, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton,--Baron,--1709-1773, and Montagu, Mary Wortley,--Lady,--1689-1762
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--18th century, Rebuses, Verse satire, English, Women authors, and Women--Conduct of life
Manuscript, in an unidentified hand. The original manuscript dated 元亀4 [1573]. インク写し.
Alternative Title:
Genki yonen rokugatsu jūhachinichi Shimogyō-chū deiri no chō., Genki yonen Shimogyō-chū deiri no chō, Genkiyonenshimogyōchūdeirinochō, 下京中出入帳, 明治40 [1907]., and 元亀四年下京中出入之帳 Yale copy has title :
Description:
Manuscript, in an unidentified hand. The original manuscript dated Genki 4 [1573]. Inku utsushi.
Subject (Geographic):
Kyoto (Japan)
Subject (Topic):
Japanese Manuscript Collection (Yale University) and Japanese manuscripts
Also present in Box 2 is an unrelated printed indenture with manuscript annotations, dated September 2, 1799, transferring 100 acres of land in Ontario County, New York, from Oliver Phelps of Hartford, Connecticut, to Oliver Ellsworth of Windsor, Conn...
Alternative Title:
List of money paid on a/c of Turnpike
Description:
Gift of the estate of Delia Lyman Porter, 1934.
Subject (Geographic):
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Ellsworth, Oliver,--1745-1807, Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company, Hillhouse, James,--1754-1832, Phelps, Oliver,--1749-1809, and Wadsworth, Jeremiah,--1743-1804
Subject (Topic):
Roads--Connecticut, Toll roads--Connecticut, and Transportation--Connecticut
Also present in Box 2 is an unrelated printed indenture with manuscript annotations, dated September 2, 1799, transferring 100 acres of land in Ontario County, New York, from Oliver Phelps of Hartford, Connecticut, to Oliver Ellsworth of Windsor, Conn...
Alternative Title:
Hartford & New Haven Turnpike Company: list of shareholders and Rec'd June 1806 of Simeon Baldwin Treasurer of the Hartford and New Haven Turnpike Company the sums annexed to our names respectively, being for the second dividend on the stock in our names and
Description:
Gift of the estate of Delia Lyman Porter, 1934.
Subject (Geographic):
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Ellsworth, Oliver,--1745-1807, Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company, Hillhouse, James,--1754-1832, Phelps, Oliver,--1749-1809, and Wadsworth, Jeremiah,--1743-1804
Subject (Topic):
Roads--Connecticut, Toll roads--Connecticut, and Transportation--Connecticut
Autograph manuscript and print commonplace book. Collection of notes, engravings, and print cuttings concerning archery. Print items include announcements of meetings of the Robin Hood Society; playbills, reviews, and excerpts from stage adaptations o...
Description:
Binding: Full calf, gilt borders and spine with blind-tooled flowers and gilt title: Archery Scrap Book.
Subject (Name):
Robin Hood Society (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Archers--Women, Archery--Great Britain--History, and Robin Hood (Legendary character)--Drama
