315394A.059-marriage contract (Missing – 01/06/17)
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Cohen, Henry, Reverand
label: Collection Donor
content: Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
label: Collection Donor
content: Harris, Michael
label: Collection Donor
content: Deinard, Ephraim
label: Collection Donor
content: Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940
label: Collection Donor
content: Luchs, Leopold
label: Collection Donor
content: Lipkowitz, Sylvia E.
label: Collection Donor
content: Marks, Michael Neil
label: Collection Donor
content: Marks, Cara Goldberg
label: Collection Donor
content: Howland, S. S.
label: Collection Donor
content: Hartogensis, Henry S.
label: Collection Donor
content: Krauss, S., Father
label: Collection Donor
content: Kantrowitz, J.H.
label: Collection Donor
content: Neeman, Zipora
label: Collection Donor
content: Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923
label: Collection Donor
content: Sulzberger, S.
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content: Division of Cultural History Judaica Collection
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content: Division of Cultural History Judaica Collection / Series 1: Documents
unitdate: label: Date
content: late 17th or early 18th century
container: label: Container
content: Box 12, Folder 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A fragment of a marriage contract, inscribed in ink on parchment and decorated in ink and gouache, written in the late 17th or early 18th c.  Groom: Eliezer? Bride: Miriam?  Witnesses: Rabbi Judah, son of Eliezer Briel and Rabbi Joseph Barukh, son of Moses Cases.  The parchment was cut down into a square at a later date. It was inscribed with square letters. The left lower border decoration which is preserved is composed of a flowering vine scroll. The scroll is outlined in ink and painted in green gouache. The flowers are outlined and painted. Oval medallions containing verses from Num. 24:18 appear at intervals in the scroll.