Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 8th of Sivan 5638 at Ankona (1878). The top of the document is scalloped. The floral decorations are in green, blue, red and yellow. On the top is a floral laurel, in which are contained traditional blessings for the bride and groom. The text is enclosed in a red square border.
Description:
Bride: Yulia bat Matitiyah Be'er., Bridegroom: Ya'akov ben ha-manoah El'azar Oliviti., and Witnesses: Mosheh Maskoli ; Yosef Pi'atsa.
Subject (Geographic):
Ancona (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Mosheh Maskoli, Ya'akov ben El'azar Oliviti, Yosef Pi'atsa, and Yulia bat Matitiyah Be'er
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Ancona and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 12th of Ellul 5707 (1947) at Bigar. Text is within a floral rectangular design. Above the text are three rectangles that include traditional blessings for the bride and groom.
Description:
Bride: Kurshid bat Ezrah Kidusi. and Bridegroom: Yitshak Kidusi ben Nehemya Kidusi.
Subject (Geographic):
Bijar, Iran --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Kurshid bat Ezrah Kidusi and Yitshak Kidusi ben Nehemya Kidusi
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Bijar and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
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)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 20th of Menahem 5671 (1911) at Bombay. Text surrounded by a floral border with two large peacocks on top painted in vivid colors. The upper text is in the shape of an oval and above it is a crown, probably in reference to the British Crown. The bottom text is in a scalloped square. The upper text contains blessings for the bride and groom, including biblical quotations. The outer border consists of verses from Psalm 137 beginning with If I forget you, Jerusalem ... and verses from Psalm 128. All borders are gold colored.
Description:
Bride: Rivkah bar [i.e. bat] Binyamin., Bridegroom: Shalom bar Aharon., Scribe: Na'im ben Avraham ben Mashiah., and Witnesses: Me'ir ben Eliyahu and Nisan ben Ya'akov.
Subject (Geographic):
Bombay (India) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Me'ir ben Eliyahu, Na'im ben Avraham ben Mashiah, Nisan ben Ya'akov, Rivkah bat Binyamin, and Shalom bar Aharon
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Bombay --India and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 6th of Tishre 5676 at Bombay (1915). A green printed border encloses the handwritten text. Above the text is the circular stamp of the Magen David Synagogue, Bombay, in red ink. Beneath the text, near the signatures of the witnesses and groom, the bride put a circular mark in lieu of her signature.
Description:
Bride: Havah bat Eliyahu Barukh. and Bridegroom: Re'uven ben Yisra'el Re'uven.
Subject (Geographic):
Bombay (India) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Havah bat Eliyahu Barukh and Re'uven ben Yisra'el Re'uven
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Bombay --India and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
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)
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 witnesses, the groom has also signed the ketubah.
Description:
Bride: Roza de-mitkare Rozalyah bat Mordekhai., Bridegroom: Uri Shraga ha-mekhuneh Faivel ben Mosheh Aryeh ha-mekhuneh Leyb., and Witnesses: Nahum Tsevi Hirsh Goldberg and one other.
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 and paint on paper, dated 5600? (1840?) at Bukaresht?. Surrounding the text are floral decorations with a floral border, two arches, and four columns. The columns enclose three sections of text. The right hand side has the marriage text, the left hand side has the betrothal terms. The middle section may contain the dowry list.
Description:
Bride: Rivkah bat Eliyahu. and Bridegroom: Ya'akov Hazan ben[?] Hayim Yisra'el Hazan.
Subject (Geographic):
Bucharest (Romania) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Rivkah bat Eliyahu and Ya'akov Hazan ben Hayim Yisra'el Hazan
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Romania --Bucharest and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 6th of Adar 2 5657 at Kazablankah (1897). There are decorative colored flowers beneath and above the text. The paper is in poor condition, with some damage to the text.
Marriage contract, printed form completed in manuscript, ink on paper, [dated 14th Nisan 5679 at Kazablankah?] (1919). The text is handwritten in two columns inside an elaborate printed border. The border consists of geometric and architectural patterns printed in gold, mauve, aqua and black, with lion heads and leaf motifs.
Subject (Geographic):
Casablanca (Morocco) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Aharon ben David and Norni bat Shemu'el
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Morocco --Casablanca and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
