Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Two Ketubot – Yemen 19th Century

Opening: $500
Unsold
* Handwritten Ketubah, Sivan 1869. On reverse side of leaf, authorization of acquisition of dowry. Tishrei, 1869. Caligraphic Rabbinic signatures.
* Handwritten Ketubah, Adar 1887. Caligraphic signatures of Sena rabbis: "Yosef Ebn David Manzali" [Yemenite dayan, 1804-1899] and "Chaim Ebn Yosef Korach" [a leading Sena yeshiva scholar, 1824-1894]. On reverse side of leaf are authorizations of dowry transaction, signed by aforementioned rabbis.
2 ketubot, 31-33 cm. Good-fair condition.
Yemenite jewry
Yemenite jewry