Item Info

Creation Date: 3/12/1860
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 683
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Magdalena \ Kinig \ Gehöret \ Dieses \ Büchlein \ zu \ B X E \ Geschriben \ Den \ 12ten \ März \ 1860

Translation:

To Magdalena Kinig belongs this little book B X E. Written the 12^th of March 1860.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The bookplate consists of two facing pages. The text in Fraktur is in the centers of the pages. In the lower right is a star. Both pages are framed by decorative borders. This bookplate has been removed from the book for which it was made.

Associated Names: Kinig, Magdalena
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Barbara Ebersol" in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2^nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 219-223.

David Luthy, Amish Folk Artist Barbara Ebersol: Her Life, Fraktur, and Death Record Book (Lancaster, Pa.: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 1995).

Louise Stoltzfus, Two Amish Folk Artists: The Story of Henry Lapp and Barbara Ebersol (Intercourse, PA.: Good Books, 1995).

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Lancaster]
City/Town/Township:[Upper Leacock Township]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 15.1 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 451
Creator Name: Ebersol, Barbara (1846-1922) - Decorator
Ebersol, Barbara (1846-1922) - Scrivener