Item Info

Creation Date: 12/11/1812
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; Roman script
Language: German; English
Weiser Number: 720
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Catarina Dietz \ Ihr Buch
Montgomery Coun \ Upper Solfort Twonschip [sic] \ December th 11th \ 1812
 

Translation:

Catarina Dietz’s book.
Montgomery County, Salford Township, December 11th, 1812.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and Roman script covers the lower portion of the document. Above it is a bird on a flower. The bookplate is in the psalter, Der Psalter des Königs und Propheten Davids (Germantaun, Michael Billmeyer, 1810).   (PA GER Germantown 1810 B471a)

Associated Names: Misson, Bernhard
Bibliography:

"B. M. Artist"  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. 2, p. 527.

"Durham Township Artist" 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. 206-207.

Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 221-225.

Secondary Place County: Geographic Coverage State/Province:[Pennsylvania]
Geographic Coverage Note:Based on artist's location
Geographic Coverage Region/County:[Bucks]

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Montgomery
City/Town/Township:Upper Salford Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 13.6 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-65
Creator Name: [Bernhard Misson (active c. 1808-1825)] - Decorator
[Bernhard Misson (active c. 1808-1825)] - Scrivener