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I request my husband to dispose as follows:I would wish to be able to give my family in Berlin the capital of 10,000 gulden held for me by my husband . . . my pearls, as my favorite pieces of jewelery…

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Fanny von Arnstein

Places:

Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)

Date:

1793

Subjects:

Will & testament, Inheritance, Family, Parenthood, Marriage

Categories:

Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests
Painting of woman sitting sideways on a chair, with arms draped over the chair back and facing viewer, wearing short-sleeved dress, pearls, sash, and a curly updo.
Explicasion de las armas de Lopes y Suaço (Explanation of the Arms of Lopez and Suasso)
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I, Don Pedro Alberto de Launay Cau, gentleman of the Royal House of King Charles II, in charge of the heraldry and chronicles of his Spanish realms, of provincial arms, and, earlier, of his estates…

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Alberto de Launay

Places:

Brussels, Holy Roman Empire (Brussels, Belgium)

Date:

1676

Subjects:

Class, Monarchy, Family, Christian-Jewish relations, Assimilation

Categories:

Law, Legal Documents, History, Firsthand Accounts
Drawing of coat of arms of two lions and ten leaves on the right and two dog-like animals on left.
Ohale Ya‘akov (The Tents of Jacob): On a Betrothal
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Question: The following incident occurred: The gentlemen, R. Abraham Vidal, may he rest in peace, was married to the modest lady, Estrella, sister of the fine young man, R. David Pinto, may God…

Contributor:

Jacob Castro

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Marriage, Justice system, Betrothal, Family, Writing

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Law, Responsa
Print engraving of crowd of people outside of building gathered around couple under wedding canopy.