Item Info

Creation Date: 12/15/1789
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 729
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Neue Testament \ Gehöret Mir \ Jacob Hunsicker \ zu, sol es Nun verlohren gehn \ So kan Mann hir mein Nahmen sehn, in Skippack \ and Parkyoman Township wohne ich, Hernach \ vornehmlich richte dich, geschrieben den 15^ten \ Tag December im jahr Christi Anno 1789 \ und Ist mir gekauft worden von meinem \ vatter Isaac Hunsicker, mir zur übung und Zur \ Lehr, und dem Ewigen Gott zur Ehr.

Translation:

This New Testament belongs to me, Jacob Hunsicker. Should it now get lost, one can see my name here. I reside in Skippack and Perkiomen Township. Hereafter direct yourself particularly. Written on the 15th day of December in the year of Christ Anno 1789, and was bought for me by my father Isaac Hunsicker, for my practice and instruction and the eternal God’s honor.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script extends across the document. In the center of the item are two tulips. The entire document is framed on the top and right by a decorative border. This bookplate is in Das Neue Testament (Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1787)  (PA GER Germantown 1787 B471).

Associated Names: Kolb, Andreas
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

“Andreas Schwartz Kolb” 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. 453-455.

Mary Jane Lederach Hershey, “Andreas Kolb, 1749-1811,” in The Mennonite Quarterly Review 61, no. 2 (April 1987): 121-192.

Mary Jane Lederach Hershey, This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836 (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2003); published as plate 49, p. 102.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document and artist's location
Region/County:Montgomery
City/Town/Township:Skippack and Perkiomen Township (now Skippack Township and Perkiomen Township)
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 16.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-92
Creator Name: [Andreas Kolb (1749-1811)] - Decorator
[Andreas Kolb (1749-1811)] - Scrivener