Item Info

Creation Date: 12/27/1813
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 183
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Geist Reiche Gesangbuch Gehört \ Esther Kolbin \ Geschrieben d. 27 ten \ December \ Anno \ 1812

Translation:

This spiritually rich hymnal belongs to Esther Kolbin. Written on the 27th of December Anno 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 item 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)
 

Associated Names: Kulp, David
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.

Henry S. Borneman, Pennsylvania German Bookplates (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania German Society, 1953), published as plate 3.

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-104
Creator Name: [David Kulp (1777-1834)] - Decorator
[David Kulp (1777-1834)] - Scrivener