Fraktur, that exquisite script formed with ornate letters and highly decorated borders, was created for nearly 90 consecutive years by a series of teachers in the Mennonite schools in communities northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because Mennonites were not known for producing paintings and other two-dimensional art, this well-developed practice of making quill-lettered mottos, certificates, and rewards is particularly outstanding. Historian and fraktur expert and collector Mary Jane Lederach Hershey tells about ...
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Fraktur, that exquisite script formed with ornate letters and highly decorated borders, was created for nearly 90 consecutive years by a series of teachers in the Mennonite schools in communities northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because Mennonites were not known for producing paintings and other two-dimensional art, this well-developed practice of making quill-lettered mottos, certificates, and rewards is particularly outstanding. Historian and fraktur expert and collector Mary Jane Lederach Hershey tells about these Mennonite-run schools, the unusual teachers who oversaw them, and the artistic tradition they carried forward and passed on to their willing students. The book includes rich full-color photographs of more than 100 pieces of fraktur made between 1747 and 1836, complete with English translations of their German texts.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, 41. Audience: General/trade. NEW
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First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author. With 129 color plates of the fraktur, each with name and date of creation when available, transcription and translation. Includes history of the art, techniques and subjects, word definitions, student and schoolmaster brief biographies. --Hardcover, 243 pages, 10x8 inches. Condition: fine, with fine dust jacket. ISBN 1561484067.
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