Zürich, Braginsky Collection, K63 : Ketubah (כתובה), Gibraltar, 8th Shevat 5640 (21 January 1880)

The Jewish community on the ‘British Rock of Gibraltar’ reached its height in the 19th century. At the time this marriage contract (ketubbah) was produced, most of Gibraltar’s retail trade was conducted by the local Sephardic community. By the second half of the 19th century, Gibraltar developed its own characteristic type of marriage contract decoration, with large pieces of parchment ornamented …