Item Info

Creation Date: 2/16/1829
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 847
Physical Description: Leaf
Transcription:

Dieses Neue Gesangbuch \ Gehöret mir \ Esther Bechtelin \ In Hilltaun Taunschip \ Bocks Caunty geschrieben d. 16ten \ February im Jahr A.D. 1829

Translation:

This new hymnal belongs to me, Esther Bechtelin, in Hilltown Township, Bucks County. Written the 16th of February in the year A.D. 1829.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script is in the lower portion of the document. Above it is a tree-like plant with various flowers, including tulips. The entire item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in the Mennonite hymnal Die kleine geistliche Harfe (Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1803).  (PA GER Germantown 1803 K673)

The decoration and handwriting relate to work attributed to schoolmaster Jacob Oberholtzer.  See Amsler, pp. 280-283.

Associated Names: Oberholtzer, Jacob
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

Henry S. Borneman, Pennsylvania German Illuminated Manuscripts (Norristown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1937), published as plate 30.

Mary Jane Lederach Hershey, "The Notenbüchlein Tradition in Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Community Schools," in  Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999).

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Bucks
City/Town/Township:Hilltown Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 16.3 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-99
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener