Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) and Birth Record (Geburtsschein) for Elisabeth Licket
Fraktur
Item Info
Language: German
Weiser Number: 750
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:
Elisabeth Licket ist \ geboren im Jahr unsers \ Herrn Jesu 1811. \ den 30ten Tag December.
Gott gebe ihr Glück und \ Segen und bringe \ Sie nach dieser Zeit \ in die Ewig seligkeit Amen.
Translation:
Elisabeth Licket was born in the year of our Lord Jesus 1811, the 30th day of December. God grant her happiness and blessing and bring her after this time into eternal blessedness. Amen.
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 is in the upper portion of the document. Below it are three flowers. The item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in Das Neue Testament (Germantaun: M. Billmeyer, 1819). (PA GER Germantown 1819 B471)
Associated Names: Licket, Elisabeth
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman
Bibliography:
"Abraham Brubaker" 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), 2nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 135-137.
Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Lancaster]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1820
Image Dimensions Width: 17.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-107
Creator Name: [Abraham Brubaker (1760-1831)] - Decorator
[Abraham Brubaker (1760-1831)] - Scrivener
Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) and Birth Record (Geburtsschein) for Elisabeth Licket