Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 279
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; ink
Transcription:

Bruder \ Hermann \ Zinn
Unser singen, unser bäten \ Muß der Geist des Herrn \ Vertreten.
 

Translation:

Brother Hermann Zinn.
Our singing, our praying, must represent the spirit of the Lord.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur extends over two pages. It is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate was made for one of the brothers in the Ephrata Cloister. It is in Das Gesäng Der einsamen und verlassenen Turtel=Taube (Ephrata, Pa.: Drucks der Brüderschaft, 1747)   (PA GER Ephrata 1747 G33).

Associated Names: Zinn, Hermann
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

 Cynda L. Benson, Early American Illuminated Manuscripts from the Ephrata Cloister (Northampton, Mass.: Smith College Museum of Art, 1995).

"Ephrata and Snow Hill Cloister Artists"  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. 244-249.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
Region/County:[Lancaster]
City/Town/Township:[Ephrata]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1750
Image Dimensions Width: 18.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-80
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener