Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 723
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Catharina Schmid \ Gebohren den \ 13ten Hor= \ nung \ 1772

Translation:

Catharina Schmid, born on the 13th of February 1772.

Category: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) and Birth Record (Geburtsschein)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur within a heart is in the center of the document. From the top protrude two intertwined tulips. From the bottom tip extends a leafy flowery vine. This is one of two bookplates in the Reformed hymnal Das neue und verbesserte Gesangbuch (Germantaun, Pa,: Michael Billmeyer, 1799)  (PA GER Germantown 1799 G31). This bookplate is in the back of the book; the other one is in the front (FLP B-96a).  An entry in German script in the back of the book notes that Catharina Schmidt was born in “Ritschland Taunschip,” and that she was married in 1814.
 

Associated Names: Schmid, Catharina
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 location of birth
Region/County:[Bucks]
City/Town/Township:[Richland Township]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 16.6 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-96b
Creator Name: [Andreas Kolb (1749-1811)] - Decorator
[Andreas Kolb (1749-1811)] - Scrivener