Item Info

Creation Date: 4/12/1813
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 778
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses \ Gesang Buch \ gehöret der \ Maria \ Weber.
Herr gib mir ein reines hertz, \ Daß ich zum singen tribe \ keinen schertz. sondern \ Lehre mich in Demuth \ singen, daß es mir \ Ewig möchte nutzen \ bringen \ April d. 12ten \ 1813
 

Translation:

This hymnal belongs to Maria Weber.
Lord, give me a pure heart that I make no game of singing, but teach me to sing in humility, so that it may bring me eternal benefit. April, the 12th, 1813.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur extends across the entire document. It is framed on the sides by a wide border with flowers, and on the top and bottom by a border of lines. This bookplate is in the Mennonite hymnal Ein Unpartheyisches Gesang=Buch (Lancaster, Pa.: Georg und Peter Albrecht, 1808)  (PA GER Lancaster 1808 Un3).

See also FLP B-102.

Associated Names: Weber, Maria
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.

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

Image Dimensions Width: 17 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-126
Creator Name: [Garden Border Artist (active c. 1808-1832)] - Decorator
[Garden Border Artist (active c. 1808-1832)] - Scrivener