Auction 53 · Lot 323
Marriage Contract. Solemnizes the marriage of Yishai Chai Pesach to Bona Norzi.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $3,750
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
AA (KETHUBAH).
Place
Modena, 1762.
Description
Black ink on vellum. Upper portion deeply arched. Traditional Hebrew formula as textual border. The contract itself within a very finely wrought pen-and-ink floral surround
summary
One of the two witnesses who signed the contract is Samson Chaim ben Nachman Michel Nachmani, author of Toldoth Shimshon on Tractate Avoth (Livorno, 1766) and Zera Shimshon on the Pentateuch and Megiloth (Mantua, 1778). See JE, Vol. IX p. 144.
For a similar Kethubah style as the present one, see Ketubbot Italiane (1984) plates 20-22.
Folds, one small marginal tear. 12 x 21 inches.
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