Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 713
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Gesangbuch \ Gehöret Mir \ Magdalena \ Krof.
Sold es nun verlohren gehn \ So kan Man in hir den namen \ Sehn Geschrieben den 7ten \ Merz Im Jahr unsers herren \ und heylandes Jesu Christu \ Ano Domine 1813
gloriea Sey dir gesungen mit \ menschen und mit engel Zungen
 

Translation:

This hymnal belongs to me, Magdalena Krof.
Should it get lost one can see here the name. Written on the 7th of March in the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Anno Domini 1813.
Gloria be sung to you with tongues of men and of angels.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur extends across the page. Above it are two birds, and on the sides are undulating vines with leaves.
This bookplate is in: Die kleine geistliche Harfe (Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1811)   (PA GER Germantown 1811 K673)
 

Associated Names: Krof, Magdalena
Provenance: Levi E. Yoder

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1813
Image Dimensions Width: 16.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-55
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener