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Accession Number
PAG2002.0135
Date Range
1790-1815
Description
Right-half of a double bookplate with delicate flowering vine at right side, black diamond border at bottom, green, red, and yellow floral designs.
Dimensions in Inches
5 5/8 x 3 3/4
Dimensions in Centimeters
14 x 10
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered
Associated Places
Bucks County, Montgomery County, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Category
Bookplate
Motifs
stars, flowers
Rights
Please contact the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College for permissions which fall outside of educational fair use.
Source
Ursinus College Library Special Collections and the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art
Provenance
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Script/Text
Fraktur lettering, German script
Language
German
Transcription
[ Gesa]ng Büchlein/Mir/[ ]ana [ or ann]/[ ]otern
Translation
[This] little song book [belongs] to me, [?]
Comment
This bookplate was most likely made for a Mennonite hymnal based on the size. The plate has a second blank page attached behind it.
Condition
Poor- fragment
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, bookplate
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Rights Statement
No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
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