Item Info

Creation Date: 3/28/1846
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 768
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dinah \ Folmer \ Ihr Neues Testement \ Und \ Ist Einen Schühler \ In der Birgesöer \ Deutscheh Schuhle.
Geschrieben Den \ 28sten Mertz \ Ihm Jahr unsers \ Herrn \ 1846
 

Translation:

Dinah Folmer’s New Testament, and [she] is a student in the Birckensee [Perkasie] German School. Written the 28th of March in the year of our Lord 1846.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The main text in Fraktur is in the center of the document. Additional text in German script is within a heart in the lower center. The text and heart are surrounded by undulating leafy vines with various flowers, including tulips. The entire document is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in the handbook of prayers and songs for “healthy, sad, sick and dying Christians” titled Johann Friedrich Starcks ... Tägliches Handbuch in guten und bösen Tagen (Philadelphia: W. Mentz und Sohn, 1835).  (PA GER Philadelphia 1835 St28)

Associated Names: Folmer, Dinah
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Bucks
City/Town/Township:Perkasie School, Hilltown Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 17.4 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-161
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener