Item No: frk0115203

Title:
Hymnal

Category:
Hymnal

Creators:
Decorator: Snow Hill Cloister (active c. 1820-1840)
Scrivener: Snow Hill Cloister (active c. 1820-1840)

Creation Place:
Town/Township: Snow Hill Cloister
County: Franklin
State/Province: Pennsylvania
Note: Based on design characteristics

Creation Date: ca. 1820 - ca. 1840

Physical Description: Leaf

Dimensions: 9 cm x 18.3 cm

Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink

Media Type: Manuscripts

Language: German

Scripts/Text: Fraktur

Notes:

N.B. See also FLP Borneman Ms. 4. 

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur extends across the top of the pages. The first word is written in particularly decorative letters. Below the text is music. This music book was made in Snow Hill Cloister, a sister of the Ephrata Cloister. It began as a congregation in Antietam, Maryland in 1763 and reached its peak from 1820 to 1840 near Quincy, Franklin County, PA. Snow Hill fraktur date primarily from the mid-1800s. This music book includes a total of forty-nine hymns on fifty leaves. For additional leaves from the book, see FLP 207, FLP 208, FLP 210, FLP 211, and FLP 212.

Transcription:

16. GOTT wir kommen dir entgegen, zeigen unsre frucht der Saat, die wir unter deinem \ Segen, aus gesät durch deine Gnad, Hier sind wir und zeigen an, was Du an uns hast gethan. 66.

Translation:

16. God, we are coming to you to show you the fruit of our seed that we sowed under your blessing. He we are and show what you have done for us. 66.

Provenance:
Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Ephrata and Snow Hill Cloister Artists"  in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2^nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 244-248.

Charles Treher, Snow Hill Cloister (Allentown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1968).

Weiser Number: 209

Subjects:

• Hymns
• Music

Source:
Rare Book Department