Item Info

Creation Date: 5/20/1825
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 201
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Noten \ Büchlein gehöret \ Johannes Hoch \ Sing Schüler In der Tieffron \ ner Schule, den 20 ^sten \ Mey \ 1825

Translation:

This little note book belongs to Johannes Hoch, singing student in the Deep Run School, the 20th of May, 1825.

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

N. B. See also Borneman Ms. 49.

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script is within a heart in the center of the document. On each side is a leafy flower. The entire item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in the tune book for which it was made.  (PA GER Borneman 49) This is a hardcover book with leather spine.  Only six pages are used.

Associated Names: Oberholtzer, Jacob
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Jacob Oberholtzer" in  Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 280-283.

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. 141.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Bucks
City/Town/Township:Deep Run School, Bedminster Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 9.1 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-15
Creator Name: [Jacob Oberholtzer (1794-1880)] - Decorator
[Jacob Oberholtzer (1794-1880)] - Scrivener