Item Info

Creation Date: 3/21/1829
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 60
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Maria Elser \ ihr \ Testament \ März den 21^ten \ 1829

Translation:

Maria Elser’s Testament. March the 21st, 1829.

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

Hand-drawm; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur is in the center of the document. It is framed by two leafy vines with flowers that extend from a tulip in the lower center. The item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in Das Neue Testament (Neu=Berlin, Pa.: Salomon Miller und Henrich Niebel, 1819).  (PA GER New Berlin 1819 B471)

Associated Names: Elser, Maria
Provenance: Raymond W. Albright

Bibliography:

"Samuel Bentz"  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, pp. 90-93.

Frederick S. Weiser, “Samuel Bentz, the Mount Pleasant Artist,” in Der Reggeboge 20, no. 2 (1986).

Published in Historical Review of Berks County (April 1944): p. 67.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Lancaster]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 16.2 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-1001
Creator Name: [Samuel Bentz (1792-1850)] - Decorator
[Samuel Bentz (1792-1850)] - Scrivener