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

Ketubah – Romaniote Version – Preveza, Greece, 1932

Opening: $500
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Abba son of Avraham Matzliach with the bride Esther daughter of Elyasaf Eliya Batino. Preveza, Greece, Kislev 1932. The text of the ketubah is written inside an arch supported by two pillars. Surrounded by colorful printed flowers. The ketubah is in the Romaniote tradition. The counting of years from the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash is written, and on the margins is an addition written on the day after the wedding: “In front of the witnesses signed below the groom has said to us that he has found his spouse to be a ‘locked garden a sealed spring’ like all modest and kosher Jewish girls…”. 37X50 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Light ink smears.
Ketubot and marriage documents
Ketubot and marriage documents