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A Collection of Three Decorated Marriage Contracts, Jerusalem: 1884, Tangiers: 1886, Ancona: 1892
Description
Catalogue Note
A. Jerusalem: 1884
Red, green and black ink on paper (25 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.; 650 x 490 mm). Mounted in a gilt-wood frame.
Recording the marriage of Hayyim Eli Yosef, son of Nata Tzvi Segal Ha-Levi to Hannah Yuta, daughter of Ari Mordechai on Wednesday, 3 Shevat, 5644 [=30 January, 1884].
The groom, who signs his name at the bottom of the contract, is a member of the distinguished Hamburger family. His forbearer, Rabbi Moshe Hamburger (1801-1888), was a disciple of the Hatam Sofer and immigrated to Eretz Yisrael at the urging of Rabbi Sofer. Rabbi Hamburger was seen off by thousands of Hungarian Jews and in 1857 became the secretary of the Hungarian Kollel, an organization supporting the Hungarian Jews of Jerusalem.
B. Tangiers: 1886
Ink and gouache and shell gold on paper (23 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.; 595 x 350 mm). Mounted in a gilt-wood frame.
Recording the marriage of Pinhas to Esther on Wednesday, 1 Elul, 5646 [= 1 September, 1886].
C. Ancona: 1892
Ink and gouache on parchment. (21 1/4 x 15 in.; 540 x 380 mm). Mounted in a gilt-wood frame. Text set within a brightly colored border of scrolling flora.