Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 733
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Die Zeit \ Führt uns zur Ewigke \ it und Hier von ist \ kein Mensch \ Befreit, Im \ Jahr Unsers \ Herrn \ 1835

Translation:

Time leads to eternity, and no man is freed from this. In the year of our Lord 1835.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur within a heart is in the lower portion of the document. From the heart protrude leave-like ornaments surrounding a face. The document is surrounded by a decorative border. This bookplate is in the New Testament, Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn Jesu Christi (Germantaun: M. Billmeyer, 1822).   (PA GER Germantown 1822 B471)

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

Bibliography:

Mary Jane Lederach Hershey, This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836 (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2003), pp. 147-153.

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1835
Image Dimensions Width: 16 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-63
Creator Name: [Samuel Gottschall (1808-1898)] - Decorator
[Samuel Gottschall (1808-1898)] - Scrivener