Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 890
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Samuel Hey \ drich gehöret \ diesses büchlein \ zum lobe und Pre \ isse Gottes für \ Imer und \ alle zeit \ 1845

Translation:

To Samuel Heydrich belongs this little book, to the glory and laud of God forever and all times. 1845.

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. Above it is a drawing of the sky with three stars. Below it is an image of the ground, with several red dots and two shrub-like plants. The entire item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in the hymnal Neueingerichtetes Gesang=Buch (Philadelphia: Conrad Zentler, 1813).   (PA GER Philadelphia 1813 N393)   For another bookplate in the same book, see FLP B-36b.

Associated Names: Heydrich, Samuel
Provenance: Levi E. Yoder

Bibliography:

"Baltzer Heydrich"  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. 390-391.

Dennis K. Moyer, Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1997), pp. 142-147.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Montgomery]
City/Town/Township:[Lower Salford Township]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1845
Image Dimensions Width: 16.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-36a
Creator Name: [Baltzer Heydrich (1765-1846)] - Decorator
[Baltzer Heydrich (1765-1846)] - Scrivener