Item Info

Creation Date: 10/10/1812
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 829
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Geist Reiche Gesang buch \ Gehöret Barbara Oberholtzern \ Geschrieben den 10ten \ October im Jahr \ An: Do \ 1812

Translation:

This spiritually rich hymnal belongs to Barbara Oberholtzern. Written on the 10th of October in the year An. Do. 1812.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script within a heart is in the lower center of the document. Above it is a tree-like plant with several leafy stems of tulips. The entire document is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in the Mennonite hymnal Die kleine geistliche Harfe (Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1811).   (PA GER Germantown 1811 K673)

This bookplate has been attributed to schoolmaster David Kulp on the basis of closely related motifs and handwriting.

Associated Names: Oberholtzer, Barbara
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"David Kulp"  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. 479-481.

Joel D. Alderfer, " 'David Kulp, His Hand and Pen, Beet it if You Can': The Bucks County Brown Leaf Artist Identified," in  Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 151-165.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics and artist's location
Region/County:[Bucks]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 16.4 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-103
Creator Name: [David Kulp (1777-1834)] - Decorator
[David Kulp (1777-1834)] - Scrivener