Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Sarah Royer
Fraktur
Item Info
Item No: frk00589
Title: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Sarah Royer
Creation Date:
12/5/1827
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 371
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:
Sarah Royer \ ihr gesangbuch \ December den 5ten \ 1827,
Translation:
Sarah Royer her song book. December the 5th, 1827.
Category: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur is in the center of the document. It is flanked by two flowers. In the corners are quarter-circles. The entire item is framed by a decorative border. Samuel Bentz is also known as the Mount Pleasant Artist.
Associated Names: Royer, Sarah
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman
Bibliography:
"Samuel Bentz" 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), 2nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 90-93.
Frederick S. Weiser, "Samuel Bentz, the Mount Pleasant Artist," in Der Reggeboge 20, no. 2 (1986).
Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Lancaster]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]
Image Dimensions Width: 6.9 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 589
Creator Name: [Samuel Bentz (1792-1850)] - Decorator
[Samuel Bentz (1792-1850)] - Scrivener
Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Sarah Royer