Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Rebecca Burckholder
FrakturItem Info
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 863
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:
Dieses Schreib=Büchlein gehöret \ Rebecca Burckholder zu \ Geschrieben den 25ten Tag November im Jahr 1828.
Translation:
This little copy book belongs to Rebecca Burckholder. Written the 25th day of November in the year 1828.
Category: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
Hand-drawn; Hand-colored; han-lettered. The text in Fraktur is in the center of the document. It is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in a copybook that contains various proverbs and letter formations. (PA GER Borneman B-1054)
Associated Names: Burckholder, Rebecca
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman
Bibliography:
"Abraham Brubaker" 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), 2nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 135-137.
Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Lancaster]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]
Image Dimensions Width: 4.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-1054
Creator Name: [Abraham Brubaker (1760-1831)] - Decorator
[Abraham Brubaker (1760-1831)] - Scrivener