Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 783
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

dieses Gesangbuch \ Gehört mir \ Hanna Wolf \ mir zur Lehr und Gott \ zur Ehr \ die Engel in dem Höch= \ sten Tron Loben Gott und \ Gottes Sohn Hallelui

Translation:

This hymnal belongs to me, Hanna Wolf, for my instruction and God’s honor. The angels at the highest throne praise God and God’s son. Hallelujah.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The bookplate on wove paper is pasted inside the front cover. The text in Fraktur covers the lower portion of the document. Above it is an angel with a trumpet. The item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in M. Valentin Wudrians seel. Creutz=Schule (Ephrata, Pa.: Drucks u. Verlags der Brüderschaft, 1762)  (PA GER Ephrata 1762 W952).  An additional inscription dated September 25, 1765, identifies Samuel Weyli as the owner.

Notes:

The angel with trumpet motif relates closely to ones drawn by Johann Adam Eyer and other artists working primarily in Bucks County.  See Amsler, pp. 256-265.

Associated Names: Wolf, Hanna
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999).

Secondary Place Town/Township: Geographic Coverage State/Province:Pennsylvania
Geographic Coverage City/Town/Township:Ephrata
Geographic Coverage Note:Based on location of printshop
Geographic Coverage Region/County:Lancaster

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1820
Image Dimensions Width: 15.4 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-1026
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener