Aron Leoni Collection
Item
Country
IL
Name of institution (English)
The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
heb
Contact information: postal address
Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91010
Contact information: phone number
00972 2-6586249
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
cahjp@nli.org.il
Reference number
P298
Type of reference number
Call number
Title (English)
Aron Leoni Collection
Title (official language of the state)
Aron Leoni Collection
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Aron Leoni
Language(s)
deu
dut
eng
fra
heb
ita
lad
lat
por
spa
Extent
4 regular boxes
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Aron Leoni Collection comprises journal articles and numerous copies of documents from different archives in Belgium, Italy, and Portugal, mainly relating to Sephardim and New Christians.
The collection contains copied documentation from the State Archives of Venice. It includes, for instance, mercantile records from the Jewish Ghetto of Venice (1329-1679); Spanish and Portuguese prayers for Yamim Noraim, weekly prayers, songs, psalms, laws of Shabbat, and a prayer written by Paolo Mendes on September 9, 1583 (1495-1618); accounts of events and contracts between Venetian Jews, including pre-nuptial agreements, ketubot and a portrayal of the relations between the Church, the Venetian State, and the Jews by Odeliano Castrani (1500-1600); a book of Portuguese and Spanish prayers translated and transliterated into English and a book of Latin musical notation for prayers for King Edward VI (1540-1738); lists of Marranos from Portugal with information on the locations where they came from, went to, or passed through (1570-1589); and an autobiographical account of Paolo Mendes, victim of the Spanish Inquisition, who fled to Italy during the 16th century (1580-1581).
The collection also includes a series containing copied documentation from the State Archives of Ancona. It comprises nine journal articles on Marranos in Britain, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain (1970-2000); Yom Tob Atias' Sidur de Oraciones de Mes, a 16th-century sidur translated into Spanish, including an article by Aron di Leoni on the singularity of the prayers (1552); a contractual agreement between Diogo de Sousa, Nuno da Costa, Don Alonso Colomas, and the archbishop of Braga concerning New Christians from Lisbon (1510); Ordo Precum Iudaicum, a volume written in Spanish and Ladino from pre-Inquisition Spain (1490); and documents of Portuguese and Spanish Jews, including papers of the families Luna and Manfredi, and Isaac Naurias' journal dated Spain, 1255 (1547-1556).
The collection contains copied documentation from the State Archives of Venice. It includes, for instance, mercantile records from the Jewish Ghetto of Venice (1329-1679); Spanish and Portuguese prayers for Yamim Noraim, weekly prayers, songs, psalms, laws of Shabbat, and a prayer written by Paolo Mendes on September 9, 1583 (1495-1618); accounts of events and contracts between Venetian Jews, including pre-nuptial agreements, ketubot and a portrayal of the relations between the Church, the Venetian State, and the Jews by Odeliano Castrani (1500-1600); a book of Portuguese and Spanish prayers translated and transliterated into English and a book of Latin musical notation for prayers for King Edward VI (1540-1738); lists of Marranos from Portugal with information on the locations where they came from, went to, or passed through (1570-1589); and an autobiographical account of Paolo Mendes, victim of the Spanish Inquisition, who fled to Italy during the 16th century (1580-1581).
The collection also includes a series containing copied documentation from the State Archives of Ancona. It comprises nine journal articles on Marranos in Britain, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain (1970-2000); Yom Tob Atias' Sidur de Oraciones de Mes, a 16th-century sidur translated into Spanish, including an article by Aron di Leoni on the singularity of the prayers (1552); a contractual agreement between Diogo de Sousa, Nuno da Costa, Don Alonso Colomas, and the archbishop of Braga concerning New Christians from Lisbon (1510); Ordo Precum Iudaicum, a volume written in Spanish and Ladino from pre-Inquisition Spain (1490); and documents of Portuguese and Spanish Jews, including papers of the families Luna and Manfredi, and Isaac Naurias' journal dated Spain, 1255 (1547-1556).
Administrative / Biographical history
Aron di Leone Leoni was born in Ferrara in 1932. He was the son of Rabbi Leone Leoni of Ferrara and Venice, who famously fought against Fascist persecution in World War II. Aron di Leone Leoni became an avid historian of New Christians and Sephardic history, researching and writing about the "Marrano" presence and tradition in Ferrara, Venice, Ancona, Pesaro, Antwerp, Hamburg and London. He devoted some of his studies to prominent 16th-century figures and families of the Sephardic Diaspora, such as moel Gabriel Enriquez (alias Yosef Saralvo/Cerralvo), the Marrano João Lopez, or the Benveniste, Nassi, and Abravanel families. He is the author of the two-volume work "La Nazione Ebraica Spagnola e Portoghese di Ferrara (1492-1559)", published posthumously. Aron di Leone Leoni died on March 17, 2010.
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System of arrangement
Files are arranged in chronological order.
Access, restrictions
The collection can be accessed in the reading room and in rooms with microfilm readers.
Links to finding aids
Existence and location of originals
Author of the description
Joana Rodrigues, 2023
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