Item Info

Creation Date: 4/30/1791
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 727
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Barbara Joder \ Gehöret Diß Büch= \ lein, Sol Dis buch verlohren \ gehn, So kan Man hir Mein \ Nahme sehn, in Ober Saucon Taun= \ schip wohne ich, geschrieben den 30ten \ April im jahr Anno 1791

Translation:

Barbara Joder owns this little book. Should this book get lost, one can see my name here. I live in Upper Saucon Township. Written the 30th of April in the year Anno 1791.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script covers the lower portion of the document. Above it are three tulips. In the lower center is a winged angel head. This bookplate is in the catechism Christliches Gemüths=Gespräch (Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1790).   (PA GER Germantown 1790 R676)

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.

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

Image Dimensions Width: 13.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-93
Creator Name: [Andreas Kolb (1749-1811)] - Decorator
[Andreas Kolb (1749-1811)] - Scrivener