Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

Ketubah – Hasköy, Turkey, 1871

Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,188
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Binyamin son of Yosef Molal with the bride Sarah daughter of Avraham Rimoch. Hasköy, Turkey, Elul 1871. The text of the ketubah is written in the lower half of the leaf. Leaves and yellow fruit (lemons?) ornament the frame. The top part has a rectangular frame with arches and olive branches. After the Spanish expulsion, a substantial Jewish community lived in Hasköy. In the past, it was a village near Istanbul, today it is a quarter on the outskirts of the city. 56.5X71 cm. Fair condition. Tears, most restored. Dampness damages, with damages to ornamentation and to text. Stains, creases and folding marks. Added to the bottom are later Ladino inscriptions (penciled). On the reverse are more penciled inscriptions (late).
Ketubot and marriage documents
Ketubot and marriage documents