Allun, Michele. Zikaron li-Bnei Yisrael [memoirs of the Aschkenazic Community of Mantua for Years 1831-1833]

(ITALY)

Mantua

1833

Manuscript in Hebrew. Title within ornate arch. Title in square Hebrew letters. Signature of author in Italian. Text in cursive Italian hand

Michele Allun was the sexton of the Great Aschkenazic Synagogue of Mantua. He records here events in the community during the years 1831-1833. Thus, he devotes a full leaf to the community’s response to the cholera epidemic of Ellul 1831