Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Maria Kachel
Fraktur
Item Info
Item No: frkb00162
Title: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Maria Kachel
Creation Date:
3/24/1839
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 763
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:
Maria \ Kachel \ ihr \ Gesang Buch \ Merz 24 \ 1839
Alles zu Gottes Ehre
Translation:
Maria Kachel’s hymnal, March 24, 1839.
Everything to God’s glory.
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 within a heart made of two stems of flowers. Additional text in Fraktur is below it. Along the lower edge are two decorative calligraphic spirals. This bookplate is in the Lutheran hymnal Erbauliche Liedersammlung (Philadelphia: Georg W. Mentz und Sohn, 1837). (PA GER Philadelphia 1837 Ev14)
Associated Names: Kachel, Maria
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman
Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]
Image Dimensions Width: 12.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-162
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener
Subjects
Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Maria Kachel