Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Physical Description: 210 leaves; 27 leaves blank.
Material: Laid paper, ink, watercolor
Watermark: Crown with three fleur-de-lis; letters on bottom with V, (backwards C), L.
Category: Hymnal
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Manuscript music codex. Hymn lines are written in a fraktur script with decorated initial letters. Some flowers are hand-drawn and decorated throughout (birds appear, as well). Four voice parts.

Binding: New light-green linen binding with raised bands.

Most blank pages are in the middle of the book.  Some have staves.  A few have a line or two of music.

Provenance: Borneman, Henry Stauffer, 1870-1955

Creation Place Town/Township: Region/County:[Lancaster]
City/Town/Township:[Ephrata]
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1775
Image Dimensions Width: 23.2 cm
ShelfMark: FLP Borneman Ms. 3
Creator Name: Ephrata Cloister - Author
Beissel, Johann Conrad (1691-1768) - Author