Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Elisabeth Wambold
Fraktur
Item Info
Item No: frkb00064
Title: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Elisabeth Wambold
Scripts/Text:
Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 755
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:
Elisabeth \ Wambold \ ihr \ Testament \ 1829
Translation:
Elisabeth Wambold’s Testament, 1829.
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. Below it are several leafy vines. Above it are three tulips. The entire item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in the Mennonite hymnal Die kleine geistliche Harfe (Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1820). (PA GER Germantown 1820 K673)
Associated Names: Wambold, Elisabeth
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): 1829
Image Dimensions Width: 16.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-64
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener
Subjects
Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Elisabeth Wambold