Beside the basilica of Smyrna
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Illustrated Marriage Contracts At Jewish Museum March 11
:One of the world’s foremost collections of decorated Jewish marriage contracts (ketubbot) is held by the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary here, and 30 of the finest will be on display at the Jewish Museum in “The Art of Matrimony: Thirty Splendid Marriage Contracts from The Jewish Theological Seminary Library,” March 11–June 26.
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Fragments of decoration from the agora of Smyrna 2
Image by Ian W Scott