Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Bookplate |
Object ID # |
2000.5.2 |
Title |
Jacob Kolb bookplate, 1825 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1825 |
Dimensions |
H-6.5 W-3.75 inches |
Description |
Bookplate, dated 1825, by an unknown schoolmaster, for Jacob Kolb [Kulp] (1799-1878) of Hilltown Township, in an 1819 German-language New Testament (Germantown: Billmeyer); motifs: heart and flowers; colors: blue, red, yellow, brown. |
Notes |
TRANSCRIPTION: Dieses Neue Testament Gehöret mir Jacob Kolb: er ist gebohren den 14ten August 1799 im Zeichen des Wasser Manns. Geschrieben den 20ten tag Aprill 1825. TRANSLATION: This New Testament belongs to me, Jacob Kolb. He was born the 14th of August 1799 in the sign of the Water-bearer [Aquarius]. Written the 20th day of April 1825. |
Provenance |
Made for Jacob C. Kulp (1799-1878) by an unknown schoolmaster; passed down in the Kulp-Moore family of the Blooming Glen Mennonite congregation. |
Source |
Gift of Alverda Stoudt Moore |
People |
Kulp, Jacob C., 1799-1878 |
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Notes on Related Objects |
Tipped into a German New Testament (Germantown: Billmeyer, 1819). This book also contains a fraktur bird picture dated 1822 (#2000.5.2A). Donated to MHEP with this bookplate was an 1814 bookplate for Jacob Kolb in an 1811 Zions Harfe hymnbook (#2000.5.1). |
Search Terms |
Fraktur |
Collection |
Fraktur |