Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 792
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Adi Weberin ge \ höret dieses buch. soll die \ ses buch Verloren gehen \ könt ihr hier mein \ namen Sehen Es \ liegt hier in der \ ruh, es gehöret \ mir Adi \ 1821

Translation:

Adi Weber owns this book. If it should get lost, you can see my name here. It is lying here in peace; it belongs to me, Adi. 1821.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur within a heart is in the center of the document. It is flanked on each side by a leafy flower. This bookplate is in the Mennonite hymnal Unpartheyisches Gesang=Buch (Lancaster, Pa.: Johann Bär, 1820).   (PA GER Lancaster 1820 Un5)

Associated Names: Weber, Adi
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1821
Image Dimensions Width: 10.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-131
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener