315394A.025-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
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1802
container: label: Container
content: Box 4
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 marriage contract issued in Damascus, inscribed in ink on parchment.  The contract is decorated with yellow, red, and green gouache.  Date: Tuesday, 14th of Adar 5562 (1802) Groom: "Isaac son of 'Aabud Mizrahi'" Bride: "Sarah, daughter of  Abraham Muwas"  Dowry and witnesses incomplete.  The parchment is rectangular with an arched and scalloped upper edge.  The text is set within a semi-circular arch and written in cursive.  Introductory blessings and well-wishes are inscribed in large Hebrew letters above the arch.  The spandrels of the arch are painted in green. A frame surrounding the arch is painted in red. Bordering the arch are floral vines, containing red and violet (pink?) flowers.