Marriage Contract on Vellum. Uniting Joshua son of Gedaliah Trioi and Lustra daughter of the late Isaac Menachem Fiedmi on Wednesday, 13th Av, 1822

(KETHUBAH)

13th Av

Ancona

1822

Text in brown ink, Italian square and cursive Hebrew scripts. Text set within an architectural border consisting of two columns entwined with creepers with Corinthian capitals supporting an upper archway. Arched upper border containing colorful oval medallion containing words of blessing and a decorative floral and foliate tempora vignette containing the formula “Be’simna tava....” Opening word “on Wednesday” in large red letters at head of text panel. Exterior frame filled with bright and colorful floral and foliate decorative border incorporating fruit form motifs. All within orange tempora border. Upper margin shaped into an ogee arch

cf. Sabar no. 6

As is typical in Ancona Kethuboth, the text is divided into two parts. The text of the Kethubah proper is in large square letters in the upper section, and the special conditions (tena’im) appear in miniscule Rabbinic cursive script below. The decorative program employed rich, colorful floral motifs and the architectural theme was enduringly popular