Item Info

Creation Date: 9/3/1812
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; Roman script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 779
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses \ Gesang Buch \ gehöret Der \ Elisabeth \ Hendricks \ Habe deine Lust an \ Dem Herrn, der wird \ Dir geben was dein \ Hertz wünschet \ September 3rd A. D. \ 1812

Translation:

This hymnal belongs to Elisabeth Hendricks. Take pleasure in the Lord; he will give you what your heart desires. September 3rd A.D. 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 is in the center of the document. It is framed by a wide border that is decorated along the top by a winged angel head and along the sides by rows of flowers. In the upper corners are two stars. This bookplate is in the Mennonite hymnal Die kleine geistliche Harfe (Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1811).   (PA GER Germantown 1811 K673)
 

See also FLP B-126.

Associated Names: Hendricks, Elisabeth
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Garden Border 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, p. 300.

Henry S. Borneman, Pennsylvania German Bookplates (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania German Society, 1953), published as plate 17.

Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 16.4 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-102
Creator Name: [Garden Border Artist (active c. 1808-1832)] - Decorator
[Garden Border Artist (active c. 1808-1832)] - Scrivener