Legal Agreement in consideration of 280 “Sueldos” between “The Hon. Salomó Alazar, Jew” and four Christians. Text in Catalan

(SPAIN)

January 29th

Calatayud, Aragon (Spain)

1451

Brown ink ON VELLUM

A legal document creating a carriers’ contract between a Jew and four Christians. The name Alazar was a well known Jewish Catalonian name. During the reign of Ramon Berenguer IV, the important office of repositarius was occupied by a Jew called Alazar. During Ramon IV’s reign, the union of the Kingdoms of Aragon and Catalonia was effected in 1137. Alazar continued in his prestigous post during the reign of Berenguer’s son, Pedro II. See Y. Baer, A History of the Jews in Christian Spain, vol. II pp. 57 & 72