Salamon Cavaler receipt : manuscript

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Cavaler, Salomon, 15th cent.

Contributor:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- donor.

Kaplan, Deanne, donor.

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Jews--Spain--History--Sources.

Jews.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Judaism--Relations--Islam.

Communities--Religious aspects.

Communities.

Sagunto (Spain)--History--Sources.

Sagunto (Spain).

Valencia (Spain : Region)--History--Sources.

Valencia (Spain : Region).

Genre:

Receipts (financial records)

Notarial documents.

Legal documents.

Manuscripts, Latin -- 15th century.

Penn Provenance:

Offered for sale at auction at Sotheby's (London), 7 July 2015, lot 66.

Sold at auction at Chiswick Auctions (London), 10 October 2018, lot 63, to Arnold Kaplan.

Purchased for the Penn Libraries 2018 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify no. 2019.01.20.00005; 18.474).

Physical Description:

1 item : parchment ; 17 x 24 cm

Production:

Sagunto, Spain, 1490 May 17.

Summary:

Notarized receipt issued by Jewish merchant Salomon Cavaler, of the Jewish quarter of Murviedro (now Sagunto), for eleven Valencian pounds, as settlement paid by Christian nobleman Graciano de Monsoriu, for a cession of tax-collecting rights related to Sestinella and Besulgua (or Beselgua). Also includes references to Jewish merchant Salomon Çaporta, notary Jacobus Salvator, and Muslim butcher Amer Alffarras; witnessed by merchant Bernardus Ferrer (?) and Jewish merchant Salomon Astor; signed by notary public Bartholomeus Castellnou.

Cited as:

Salomon Cavaler Receipt (Arc.MS.56, Box 1, Folder 25). Library at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1359275631