Item Info

Creation Date: 12/26/1814
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 760
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Rosina Kriebel \ Ihr \ GESANG=BUCH \ Den 26ten December im Jahr 1814

[next to basket]
1815
 

Translation:

Rosina Kriebel’s hymnal, the 26th of December in the year 1814.

[next to basket]
1815
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur is in the upper center of the document. The name is written in particularly decorative letters. In the lower center is a basket with two flowers flanking a central pomegranate motif. This bookplate is in the hymnal Neueingerichtetes Gesang=Buch (Philadelphia, Pa.: Conrad Zentler, 1813).  (PA GER Philadelphia 1813 N39)

Attributed to the Schwenkfelder artist Rev. Daniel Kriebel, who lived on his parents' farm in Towamencein Township, Montgomery County, PA. Kriebel was a schoolmaster and minister.  A closely-related bookplate was made by him for Hanna Kriebel on January 22, 1815.  See Moyer, p. 125.

Associated Names: Kriebel, Rosina
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

Dennis K. Moyer, Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1997), pp. 123-129.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics and artist's location
Region/County:[Montgomery]
City/Town/Township:[Towamencin Township]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 16.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-153
Creator Name: [Daniel Kriebel (1796-1855)] - Decorator
[Daniel Kriebel (1796-1855)] - Scrivener