Item Info

Creation Date: 12/18/1824
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 730
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Lieder=Buch \ gehört mir \ Lidia \ Spruchman \ Orwigsburg den 18ten Decem \ 1824
Sing deinem Gott zu jeder Stund \ Mit Lobgesang von Herzensgrund \ J. Conrad Reissner
 

Translation:

This song book belongs to me, Lidia Spruchman, Orwigsburg, the 18th of December 1824. Sing to your God in every hour with songs of praise from the bottom of your heart. J. Conrad Reissner.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script extends across the entire document. The name is written in particularly prominent letters. The initials are decorated with flowers. This bookplate is in the Methodist book of songs titled Das geistliche Saitenspiel (Neu-Berlin, Pa.: Salomon Miller und Henrich Niebel für die Evangelische Gemeinschaft, 1817).  (PA GER New Berlin 1817 Ev14)

Associated Names: Spruchman, Lidia
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Schuylkill
City/Town/Township:Orwigsburg
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 15.3 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-142
Creator Name: J. Conrad Reissner (?-?) - Decorator
J. Conrad Reissner (?-?) - Printer/Publisher