HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS. Marriage Contracts. Seven Ancona ketubbot. The first: Wednesday, 10 Cheshvan 5598 (8 November 1837); 548 x 414 mm. Groom: Zechariah Solomon, son of the late Isaac Raphael Ashkenazi; Bride: Esther, daughter of Moses Ye'udah me-ha-Zekanim. Ink and paint on vellum. The rectangular page displays a decorative program known from other Ancona ketubbot. A circular, wreath-like frame encloses the text, and is topped by two winged male figures supporting a slender canopy. Foliate swags, vases with flowers, and two lions beneath the text frame further embellish the page. The others dating 1783-1883, and measuring between 486 x 322 and 737 x 513 mm. All ink and paint on vellum; most displaying the popular Ancona format of an arched top document framed by floral stems (sometimes with birds) and topped by a decorative, often foliate, frame. (7)