Marriage Contract. Printed in Jerusalem on vellum, in red and gold, with ornamental borders featuring vignettes of the Holy Sites and other traditional motifs. The text filled in brown ink, North African cursive Hebrew script
AUCTION 2 |
Tuesday, June 03rd,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal
Lot 182
KETHUBAH
Marriage Contract. Printed in Jerusalem on vellum, in red and gold, with ornamental borders featuring vignettes of the Holy Sites and other traditional motifs. The text filled in brown ink, North African cursive Hebrew script
Tetuan (Morroco): 17th Shevat, 1916
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $800
Among many Sephardi communities in Islamic countries, it was seen as meritorious to obtain a Kethubah produced in the Land of Israel