מסמך משפטי: BL OR 12369.27

תיאור

Engagement (shiddukhin) contract on recto. Dated: 11 Tishrei 5567 AM (התקסז), which is 1806 CE. Groom: Moshe Ẓvi. Bride: Simḥa bt. Barukh. Verso is a dowry list of items and their values apparently relevant to the engagement of Maʿtūqa bt. Eliyahu Palombo and Avraham Levi Skandarī. A handful of the terms are in Ladino and many others in Judaeo-Arabic. At least two of the items may have been imported from India: ספארי הנדי and קאביסאל הנדי. The meaning of ספארי is unclear, perhaps a garment or cloth table cover, while the Ladino word "kavesal" clearly translates as "cushion." The word "contante" appears a few times (lit. "counted") to indicate the inventory portrayed by the dowry list, which includes itemized numerical quantities in Eastern Indo-Arabic numerals. In modern Romance usage, however, the term commonly means "cash." Mentioned in Ilana Tahan, "Judeo-Spanish Manuscripts in the British Library's Hebrew Collection," p. 152 (no. 37)