Item Info

Creation Date: 1/28/1834
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 58
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Watermark: 183[ill.]
Transcription:

Diese \ Heilige Bibel \ gehört mir \ Johannes Schäffer. \ Jenner den 28^ten \ 1834.

Translation:

This Holy Bible belongs to me, Johannes Schäffer. January, the 28^th, 1834.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur is in the center of the document, topped by an arch. Flanking the arch are two striped circles on pedestals. Next to them are leafy stems of flowers. In the upper center is another circle. Below the text are two circles on columns. Between them is a line that serves as a short border, as well as a leafy flower. The entire item is enclosed by a decorative border. This bookplate has been removed from the book for which it was made.
Samuel Bentz was formerly known as the Mount Pleasant Artist.

Associated Names: Schäffer, Johannes
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), 2^nd 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: 27 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 420
Creator Name: [Samuel Bentz (1792-1850)] - Decorator
[Samuel Bentz (1792-1850)] - Scrivener