Stamped Book Spine of Salomone Servi

Stamped Book Spine of Salomone Servi

Servi, Salomone, 1857-1926

This is the stamped book spine of Salomone Servi, a deputy rabbi in Pitigliano, Italy. He was the son of Salomone Servio and Dolce Sadun. He married Debora Lattes (1860-1925), daughter of Isacche Lattes and Giuditta Sadun. They had four children: Argia, Aldo (whose signature also appears in the Brisman collection), Azeglio and Anita.

In addition to deputy rabbi, Servi served as president of the Jewish University of Pitigliano from 1878 to 1881. Under his direction the synagogue and the Jewish cemetery were restored. He was also president of the Pio Istituto Consiglio (est. 1854), a Jewish school funded by the Consiglio family for students from poor families in Pitigliano. In February 1888, Servi was accused of embezzling approximately 50 thousand lira from the Pio Istituto Consiglio. He was eventually vindicated in the matter.

Servi, Salomone

Roberto G. Salvadori, La comunità ebraica di Pitigliano dal XVI al XX secolo (Casa Editrice Giuntina, 1991)

Sir Moses Montefiore, Album Montefiore (Tipografia G. Pane, 1884), p. 80

Shlomo Simonsohn and Joseph Shatzmiller, The Italia Judaica Jubilee Conference (BRILL, 2012) p. 124-125

Artom Beniamino, Il Vessillo Israelitico Rivista Mensile per la Storia, La Scienza e lo Spirito del Giudaismo Diretta Dal (1879), p. 137

Corte suprema di cassazione, Annali della giurisprudenza italiana: raccolta generale di decisioni in materia civile e commerciale, di diritto pubblico, amministrativo e di procedura civile, Volume 22 (1888), pp. 24-25

Photosfambettefuzot (Servi-Calo' family photos 2 & 55)

Digital Image: Washington University in Saint Louis

Leather, Gold Ink

Italian

Stamped Book Spine

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