Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated the first of Elul, 5540 at Bozolo (1780). According to the scholar Shalom Sabar, this ketubah is the product of a workshop in either Ancona or Lugo. The bride�s family, Cantoni (also spelled Canton), was the dominant Jewish family of Bozzolo. The bridegroom�s family, whose coat-of-arms decorates the top border, commissioned the ketubah. The text is framed by an elaborately painted and cut-out border. The inner frame contains large birds perched on branches, while the exterior frame contains medallions with biblical and other figurative miniatures set in rich floral decoration.
Description:
Bride: Sarah [Gisiyah?] bat ha-manoah Yonah Menahem Kantoni. and Bridegroom: Natan Hayim ben ha-manoah Ya'akov Barukh Monteki'ari.
Subject (Geographic):
Bozzolo (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Cantoni, Sarah Gisiyah bat Yonah Menahem and Monteki'ari, Natan Hayim ben Ya'akov Barukh
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Bozzolo and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
