Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Wie seelig \ ist der \ sein ergötzen \ nur sucht in verschwigenheit und läst verfluchte \ meiler schwätzen wa= \ ß misgunst und der \ bleiche neid durch \ he= \ rtz vergalltes lasters ras= \ en der falschen zungen ei= \ ngeblasen verschwiegenhe= \ it ist meine ruh ich höre vil \ schweig dazu
Die stoltz= \ en werde= \ en allzumal \ dort beyeinan= \ der sitzen Die \ säuffer werden in \ der quaal den süssen \ wein auf schwitzen \ den schindern wird \ die gnäde theur die hurer wird Daß höl= \ lisch feur in ewigkeit \ erhitzen MARIA SUSANA \ WIEDERSTEINEN 1781
 

Translation:

How blessed in the one who seeks his bliss only in discretion and lets cursed mouths babble what jealousy and pale envy, rushing through a heart spoiled by sins, have injected into false tongues. Discretion is my peace. I hear much, but remain silence about it.
The proud ones will sit together anyway. The drunkards will sweat the sweet wine in the anguish. Mercy will be costly to the oppressors. The adulterers will get heated by the hellish fire. Maria Susana Wiedersteinen, 1781.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur extends across two facing pages. The first letters on each page are written in particularly decorative style. Both pages are framed by decorative borders. This bookplate is in the hymnal Neu = vermehrt = und vollständiges Geang=Buch (Marburg und Frankfurt, Germany: Heinrich Ludwig Brönner, 1785).  (PA GER Marburg 1785 N39)

Associated Names: Wiederstein, Maria Susana
Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Possibly European
State/Province:Unknown

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1781
Image Dimensions Width: 14.6 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-1046
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener