Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur: German script
Language: German
Physical Description: 327 leaves
Material: Laid paper; ink
Transcription:

Blumenreiches/ Lust=Gärthlein/ Mit allerhand/ Wohlrichenden Blumme / Der Andacht Geziehret/ Auss dem Berühmtesten/ Bett=büchern allhier in die / sses verfasset, und zu ver= /gnügung allen andäch / tigen Gott ergebenen / Seelen, himit opfferiert. / 1759 / J.S.F.

Translation:

A Little Richly-filled Flower Garden, Adorned with All Sorts of Fine Fragrant Flowers of Devotion, Taken from the Most Famous Prayer Books, and Recorded Here for the Pleasure of all Souls Devoted to God. Submitted herewith in 1759 by J.S.F. 

Category: Prayer book (Gebetsbüchlein)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Binding: Morocco, blind tooled; stamped florettes; lily border; gold leaf, gilt edges, non-pareil marbled endpapers

N.B. A bookplate on flyleaf with masonic symbols; “MUNDUS IN ME; ” “EX LIBRIS DR. EGON THIEBEN;”  monogram TH; Art Nouveau

Associated Names: Thieben, Dr. Egon
Provenance: Borneman, Henry S. (1870-1955); Thieben, Dr. Egon

Creation Place State/Province: State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1759
Image Dimensions Width: 17.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP Borneman Ms. 62
Creator Name: J. S. F. - Scrivener