Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Tunebook, Manuscript |
Object ID # |
2016.50.1 |
Other Name |
Notenbuchlein |
Title |
Hymn-tune booklet for Anna Funck, Franconia Township, June 1786 |
Creator |
Kolb, Andreas, 1749-1811 (attributed) |
Place of Origin |
Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1786 |
Material |
Paper, ink |
Dimensions |
H-3.75 L-6.5 inches |
Description |
Manuscript hymn-tune booklet with lovely fraktur-decorated title page, made for student Anna Funck (Funk), in Franconia Township, Montgomery County [likely in the Franconia School], by schoolmaster Andreas Kolb (attributed). Pages are nearly filled with manuscript German-language hymn-tunes. Very first page has a German poem dated February 24th, 1788, written by Anna Funck herself, on the meaning of penmanship: -Anna Funkin bin Ich genand, In Himmel ist mein Vatterland, In Montgomery Caunti bin ich gebohren, Zu eurem schüler ausercohren; Daß babier ist mein Acker, Daß macht mich klug und Wacker Die feder ist mein Pflug, Daß macht mich weiß und Klug Die dinde ist mein sahmen; Damit schreib ich mein Namen. Anna Funckin den 24ten February, Anno 1788. (Anna Funk I am named, Heaven is my Fatherland, In Montgomery County I am born, as your scholar [disciple] I am chosen. The paper is my field; it makes me prudent and brave. The feather is my plow; it makes me wise and prudent. The ink is my seed; with it I write my name. Anna Funck the 24th of February. in the year 1788) |
Provenance |
Compiled (made) by Schoolmaster Andreas Kolb for Anna Funck in June 1786, in Franconia Township, Montgomery County. The identity of this Anna Funck (Funk) has not been determined, but it seems she would have been from the family of Christian and Barbara Cassel Funk, since they were the only Funk family living in Franconia Township in the 1780s (according to surviving tax records). Little else is known about the ownership of the booklet. Sometime in the late 20th century, it was found in the desk of T. Everett Kirk of Dresher, PA (the donor's father). But he was not descended from the Funks. |
Source |
Gift of Mary Ann Kirk Saurman and Deborah Geissel |
Collection |
Fraktur |