Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
Ketubah Ornamented in the Colors of the Italian Flag – For the Wedding of R. Yitzchak Refael Ashkenazi Rabbi of Ancona – Ancona, 1849
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Ornamented Ketubah recording the wedding of the groom "R. Yitzchak Refael Ashkenazi son of R. Moshe Elya Ashkenazi" with the bride "Simcha daughter of R. Yitzchak Michael Chai Chai" (Allegra Vivanti). Ancona, 14th Nissan 1849.
Ink and paint on parchment.
The verse "He who has found a wife, has found good" is featured at the top of the Ketubah, within a wreath in the colors of the Italian tricolor, which since the end of the 18th century served as national colors to the emerging Italian nation. The wreath is surrounded with an inscription congratulating the bride and groom.
The text of the Ketubah is written in Italian square script, within a border consisting of roses and leaves, also in the colors of the flag. The Ketubah is signed by the witnesses: "David Yaakov son of R. Shlomo Maroni" (R. David Yaakov Maroni, 1810-1888, served as rabbi in several Italian cities, including Pesaro, Ancona, Florence and others); and "Shlumiel Avraham Yisrael Viterbo" (son of R. Yechiel Chaim Viterbo, he published the books of his father, VaYechi VaYiten, Livorno 1843).
The financial terms regarding the inheritance of the dowry and Ketubah were added at the foot of the Ketubah in Italian cursive script, as was widespread in Ketubot of the Ancona community.
R. Yitzchak Refael Ashkenazi (Tedeschi; 1826-1908), a native of Ancona and later its rabbi, one of the most renowned Italian rabbis of his time. He authored Toldot Benei Yisrael UMatzavam HaMedini VehaChomri BeNafot Italia, Kraków 1901.
57X37.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases, several marginal tears. The ink faded and partially erased (in the financial terms). Creases and folding marks.
Ink and paint on parchment.
The verse "He who has found a wife, has found good" is featured at the top of the Ketubah, within a wreath in the colors of the Italian tricolor, which since the end of the 18th century served as national colors to the emerging Italian nation. The wreath is surrounded with an inscription congratulating the bride and groom.
The text of the Ketubah is written in Italian square script, within a border consisting of roses and leaves, also in the colors of the flag. The Ketubah is signed by the witnesses: "David Yaakov son of R. Shlomo Maroni" (R. David Yaakov Maroni, 1810-1888, served as rabbi in several Italian cities, including Pesaro, Ancona, Florence and others); and "Shlumiel Avraham Yisrael Viterbo" (son of R. Yechiel Chaim Viterbo, he published the books of his father, VaYechi VaYiten, Livorno 1843).
The financial terms regarding the inheritance of the dowry and Ketubah were added at the foot of the Ketubah in Italian cursive script, as was widespread in Ketubot of the Ancona community.
R. Yitzchak Refael Ashkenazi (Tedeschi; 1826-1908), a native of Ancona and later its rabbi, one of the most renowned Italian rabbis of his time. He authored Toldot Benei Yisrael UMatzavam HaMedini VehaChomri BeNafot Italia, Kraków 1901.
57X37.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases, several marginal tears. The ink faded and partially erased (in the financial terms). Creases and folding marks.
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