Item Info

Creation Date: 9/28/1812
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 765
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Gesangbuch gehöret mir \ Henrich Dirstein \ gebrauch es zur guten Lehr \ und got zur er, amen. \ Hör büchlein was ich dir sagen wil \ wenn dich jemand weg Tragen will \ So sprach Laß mich Liegen in guter Ruh \ Ich hör dem Henrich Dirstein zu
Geschrieben den 28ten September \ im Jahr unsers Herrn Jesu\ Christo 1812 

 

Translation:

This song book belongs to me, Henrich Dirstein. Use it for good instruction and to honor God, amen. hear, little book, what I want to say to you, if someone wants to carry you away, so say, let me lie in good peace, I belong to Henrich Dirstein. Written the 28^th of September, in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1812.

Category: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script is in the center of the document. Above and below it are decorations in the form of flowers and spirals. The entire item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate has been removed from the hymnal for which it was made.

Associated Names: Dirstein, Henrich
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

Mary Jane Lederach Hershey, This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836 (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2003); published as plate 86.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
Region/County:[Montgomery]
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 16.2 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 449
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener