Item Info

Creation Date: 1/23/1786
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 828
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Vorschriften= Büchlein gehöret \ Barbara Hunsickerin \ Schreib=Schulern In der Bircken= \ Seher Schule; Vorgeschrieben \ d. 23t January \ 1786.

[below the birds]
Wer Etwas kann den Hält Man Werth, den Ungeschickten Niemand begehrt. 
 

Translation:

This little writing book belongs to Barbara Hunsickerin, writing student in the Perkasie school. Written on the 23rd of January, 1786.

[between the birds]
Whoever can do something is well esteemed; the unskilled is desired by no one.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The main text in Fraktur and German script is within a heart in the lower center of the document. The text is surrounded by various flowers. Below the heart are two bunches of flowers. In the lower corners are an inkstand with a quill and a hand holding a quill. Above the heart are two birds with interwined necks and flowers next two them. In the upper area are two outward-looking birds. Between the is a flower with several stems. The entire item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate has been removed from the book for which it was made.

Associated Names: Hunsicker, Barbara
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Johann Adam Eyer" in Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 256-261.

"Johann Adam Eyer" 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. 256-260.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:Bucks
City/Town/Township:Perkasie School
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 20 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 539
Creator Name: [Johann Adam Eyer (1755-1837)] - Decorator
[Johann Adam Eyer (1755-1837)] - Scrivener