Item Info

Creation Date: 4/7/1815
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 839
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Notnbüch \ lein Ghöret Mir
Sara Nonemacher
Sing Schüler in der Rock hiller \ Schule Gloria sei dir gesun \ gen mit menschen und mit \ Engel zungen
abrill d 7ten \ ano 1815
 

Translation:

This little notebook belongs to me, Sara Nonemacher, singing student in the Rock Hill School. Let Gloria be sung to you by tongues of men and angels. April 7, anno 1815.

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

N. B. See also FLP Borneman Ms. 42.

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script within a circle is in the center of the document. It is flanked on each side by several leafy stems of flowers. The entire document is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in the note book for which it was made.  The book is about half full with three tunes to a page.  Another hand entered additional tunes numbered 1 to 5.  (PA GER Borneman 42)

Associated Names: Nonemacher, Sara
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

Mary Jane Lederach Hershey, "The Notenbüchlein Tradition in Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Community Schools," in  Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), p. 145.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Bucks
City/Town/Township:Rockhill Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 10.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-3
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener