Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; Roman print
Language: German; English
Weiser Number: 173
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

LEDGER \ oder \ DEBIT und CREDIT \ Buch vor \ Johann \ nes \ Funck \ Im Jahr 1789

Translation:

Ledger, or debit and credit book, for Johannes Funck, in the year 1789.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and Roman print covers the document. The names is written in particularly decorative letters. The text is surrounded by various flowers, including tulips. This bookplate is in the account book for which it was made.  (PA GER Borneman 179 Oversize)

Notes:

Johannes Ernst Spangenberg was formerly known as the Easton Bible Artist.

Associated Names: Spangenberg, Johannes Ernst
Provenance: Levi E. Yoder

Bibliography:

"Johannes Ernst Spangenberg" 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. 2, pp. 717-719.

Pennsylvania Folklife (Fall 1958): published on p. 25.

Donald A. Shelley, The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans (Allentown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1961), published as fig. 49.

Lisa Minardi, "Quill & Brush: An Introduction to Pennsylvania German Fraktur," in Framing Fraktur: Pennsylvania German Material Culture & Contemporary Art, ed. Judith Tannenbaum (Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 2015), published on p. 26 as fig. 11.

Monroe H. Fabian, “The Easton Bible Artist Identified,” in Pennsylvania Folklife 22, no. 2 (Winter 1972): 2-14; published as fig. 9.

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1789
Image Dimensions Width: 31.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-1032
Creator Name: [Johannes Ernst Spangenberg (c. 1755-1814)] - Decorator
[Johannes Ernst Spangenberg (c. 1755-1814)] - Scrivener