Item Info

Creation Date: 1/25/1828
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 788
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor
Transcription:

Dieses Neue Ge Destament \ Gehöret mier \ Corleyna Hertzel
Hör büchlein was ich dir will \ Sagen wenn dich iemand \ will weg dragen So sprach \ laß mich liegen in guter ruh \ Ich gehör der Corleyna Hertzel zu.
Geschrieben d 25ten Jenner \ Im Jahr unsers Herrn und \ Heilandes iesu Christe \ 1828 d. 25 Ja
 

Translation:

This New testament belongs to me, Corleyna Hertzel.
Listen, little book, to what I want to tell you. If anyone wants to carry you away, then say, let me lie in good peace. I belong to Corleyna Hertzel.
Written the 25th of January in the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1828, 25 Ja[nuary].
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script extends across the entire document. It is framed at the top and sides with undulating lines. This bookplate is in Das Neue Testament (Germantaun, M. Billmeyer, 1822). (PA GER Germantown 1822 B471)

Associated Names: Hertzel, Corleyna
Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 16.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-23
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener