Legal document, handwritten on parchment. [Verona?], July 24, 1592. Latin.

Legal document on monetary, dowry and inheritance issues, relating to a Jewish couple – Stella daughter of Shimon Sanguine, wife of Joseph di Simon, a Jew of Bolzano (near Verona). The document was written, witnessed and sealed in the house of Marco Bassan.

The witnesses mentioned in the document are R. Benedict son of Yisrael Yaakov Bassan [a rabbi in Verona] and Shimshon son of Gershon.

Illustrated initial panel at beginning of document.

This leaf was reused as binding, with resulting damage.

Joseph di Simon (Yosef son of Shimon) of Bolzano was one of the few Jews who received a permit to live in Bolzano in the late 16th century.

R. Baruch Bendit (Benedict) son of Yisrael Yaakov Bassan was a rabbi of Verona, who signed several halachic responsa and rulings. See also: Verona community pinkas (Tel Aviv 1989-1990), III, index, p. 438. The second witness, Shimshon son of Gershon, is apparently identical with the "Shimshon son of R. Gershon Kohen" also mentioned in the Verona community pinkas (II, p. 455).

34 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains. Tears, including open tears, and holes, affecting text at margins and center of leaf. Folding marks. Bottom margins of document cut off, slightly affecting text. Remains of glue and paper repairs to verso.