315394A.045-marriage contract
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
container: label: Container
content: Box 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: A marriage contract issued in Damascus, inscribed in ink on parchment. The contract is decorated with paper applique.  Date: 19th of 2nd Adar, 55--.  Groom: "Moses son of Jacob Shababo" Bride: "Qamar daughter of Aaron Mizrahi" Dowry: 900 Grush.  Witnesses: The young Aaron Ha-Kohen Tarab. The contract is rectangular with a scalloped arch on its upper edge. The text is written in cursive script. Introductory well-wishes and blessings are inscribed in large square letters above the text.  The contract is decorated with paper applique forming an arch around the text. The paper is similar to 315394A.2.  A finial, attached with string, appears at the center of the top of the contract.