Notebook of contracts of R. Rafael Ibn Tzur – rental contracts and loan agreements drawn up in Fez in 1864-1867, with the signatures of rabbis and prominent members of the Fez community.
Handwritten notebook of contracts, including rental contracts for various property owned by R. Rafael Ibn Tzur, and promissory notes for money which R. Rafael Ibn Tzur lent to various people.
The contracts bear the calligraphic signatures of over thirty witnesses, who were rabbis and prominent members of the Fez community. Most of the contracts bear the signature of R. Aharon HaKohen, scribe in Fez who presumably wrote most of these contracts. For full list of signatories, see Hebrew description.
R. Rafael son of R. Shlomo ibn Tzur (1830-1917), rabbi of Fez, Torah scholar and author. He was also a wealthy property owner, as arises from the present notebook.
[53] leaves, including 45 written leaves. 12.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Tears. Original leather binding, torn and damaged.

PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.