Item Info

Creation Date: 4/20/1806
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 711
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Neue \ Gesang Buch gehö= \ ret der \ Barbara Mey \ ern zu, Und ist mir ver= \ ehrt worden von Meiner \ Großmutter Barbara \ Meyern, Meines Groß= \ Vatters Henrich Meyer \ seine Hinterlassene Wittwe
Soll diß Buch verloren gehn \ so kan man den \ Namen sehn Geschrieben \ d. 20ten April 1806
 

Translation:

This new hymnal belongs to Barbara Meyern and it was given to me by my grandmother Barbara Meyern, the surviving widow of my grandfather Henrich Meyer.
Should this book become lost, one can see the name. Written on the 20th of April 1806.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script extends across the entire page. It is framed by a decorative border.
This bookplate is in: Die kleine geistliche Harfe (Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1803)   (PA GER Germantown 1803 K673)

See FLP B-53 for a bookplate for a hymnal given to Barbara Meyer by her grandmother in 1805.

Associated Names: Meyer, Henrich
Provenance: Levi E. Yoder

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
Region/County:[Bucks]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 16.8 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-54
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener