Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Parchment Ketubah – Florence, 1895 – Signature of R. Shmuel Tzvi Margulies, Rabbi of Florence

Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium

Ketubah recording the marriage of Yehuda Shalom Eliyahu (Leonardo) ben Shimshon Terni and Rivka bat Yosef Moscato. Florence, Nissan 1895.
Handwritten on parchment. Witnesses' signatures: R. Shmuel Tzvi Margulies and R. Mordechai Shmuel Passigli (rabbis of Florence). Signature of the groom in Italian.
R. Shmuel Tzvi Margulies (1858-1922), born in Galicia, served as rabbi in Hamburg, Germany. In 1890, he moved to Florence, where he served as rabbi until his death.
40.5X56 cm. Good condition. Some stains and creases.


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Ketubot
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