Ketubah : Gibraltar, 1790, March 3 - from our story 'Ketubah Art: Jewish Marriage Contracts From The 17th and 18th Centuries'

Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 17th of Adar 5550 at Gibraltar (1790). The text is in cursive. The outlines of a decoration appear in pencil, but the decoration was never completed. It would appear that the bride and groom were of Shepardic (Spanish-Jewish) families. The text includes a prayer that God show his mercy and protect and preserve ""the exiled from Castile"" and eventually avenge the injustice done to them.

Ketubah : Gibraltar, 1790, March 3. Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 17th of Adar 5550 at Gibraltar (1790). The text is in cursive. The outlines of a decoration appear in pencil, but the decoration was never completed. It would appear that the bride and groom were of Shepardic (Spanish-Jewish) families. The text includes a prayer that God show his mercy and protect and preserve ""the exiled from Castile"" and eventually avenge the injustice done to them.

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