HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS. Marriage Contracts. Seven Ancona ketubbot. The first: Sunday, 14 Tishrei 5583 (29 September 1822); 737 x 505 mm. Groom: Raphael Hayyim, son of Shabbetai Isaac Joseph Fiano (Fiani?); Bride: Dolcina, daughter of Judah Menachem Hayyim Mondolfi. Ink and paint on vellum. A delicately painted page with an arched top surmounted by a cut-out loop. Two twisted blue columns entwined with vines flank the text and support an architrave with floral vases. An inscribed scrolled cartouche and another floral vase crown the document. The others: dating 1809-1893, and measuring between 445 x 327 and 807 x 529 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)