Decorated parchment ketubah, for the wedding of Aharon son of Gavriel Luria and Avigayil daughter of Yosef Ohev Brandon. Hamburg, Germany, 8th Adar II 5516 [March 10, 1756].

Ink and paint on parchment.

Written on a small rectangular parchment sheet. The text of the ketubah is written in square script and is followed by signatures of the groom (to the right) and the witnesses Yaakov (Jaacob) Belinfante and Yonah (Jona) Asayol (all in Latin characters), below which appear the Tena'im, also in square script, again with the same three signatures. The text mentions that the dowry was written "on a separate document made on Wednesday, 8th Kislev of this year, signed by R. Yaakov HaKohen Belinfante and R. Yonah Asayol".

Decorated with a rectangular frame in a repeating vegetal pattern colored bright blue and red, across the upper, right and left margins, with two small bases in bottom corners.

19X32 cm. Overall good condition. Some stains and creases, slightly affecting decorations and text.

For further information on the Spanish-Portuguese community in Hamburg, see: Shalom Sabar, The Art of the Ketubbah, Vol. I. New York: Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 2022, no. 217 (KET 242).

This ketubah was formerly in the collection of Mozes Heiman Gans (1917-1987), Amsterdam, from which it was scanned onto the NLI ketubah site, listing 990003030910205171.