[DCRM-L] German prayer book with no information

[Myers, John]

Is the German language record at OCLC #934864284 a possible candidate for
your volume?

   - The author matches.
   - The other title information in the 245 $b matches the "short title"
   rendered in the table of contents, which looks to be closer to the title
   proper anyway, since the 245 $a in the record is just the author's name and
   titles.
   - The pagination is [3] leaves, 291 pages, [3] leaves -- the last
   equating to 6 pages rather than 5 as you describe, but perhaps the last is
   blank.

The record is provided by the Gemeinsamen Bibliotheksverbundes, which
appears to be a German library collective. Here is a link into their union
catalog for their copy of the record:
https://gso.gbv.de/DB=2.1/SET=2/TTL=1/CMD?MATCFILTER=N&MATCSET=N&ACT0=&IKT0=&TRM0=&ACT3=*&IKT3=8183&ACT=SRCHA&IKT=12&SRT=YOP&TRM=729495574&TRM3=

There is a further link into the holding library's catalog. It's
non-lendable, but perhaps they can confirm the match from your PDFs, and
return a PDF of the missing preliminary pages.

(Sorry to be so late to the party.)


John Myers, Catalog & Metadata Librarian
Schaffer Library, Union College
Schenectady NY 12308

518-388-6623
myersj at union.edu

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:31 AM, dawn.grattino <dawn.grattino at cpl.org>
wrote:

> Please help! I have on my desk a small German book that contains prayers
> and/or hymns.
>
>
> There is no Title page, no title, no publisher, no year. The only thing I
> have is the name Benjamin Schmolckens at the top of the verso of of each
> page of prayers. His AR is Schmolck, Benjamin, 1672-1737. He was Lutheran
> and wrote hymns and I think prayers.
>
>
> It is in black letter and has 291 pages followed by a 5-page table of
> contents. None of the books I have found in OCLC or online with his name
> are even close to this pagination.
>
>
> A colleague who actually knows German transcribed the top of the first
> page as follows:
>
>
> Heiliges
> Kirchen = Opfer.
> Um
> Heilige Vorbereitung.
> Gottt Vater, Sohn und Geist verleih,
> Daß mein Gebet erhörlich sey.
> Hör Vater , und vertritt mich Sohn,
> Geist des Gebetes gieb den Ton.
>
> After this, it goes into a prayer "Gott Vater, mein Vater ..."
>
>
> Above the text is an image (crude etching? wood block?) of a person
> (gender indeterminate, topless but the breast are not prominent enough to
> definitely say female, long hair, laurel wreath, radiance lines emanating
> from the head), sitting on the ground leaning against a low wall (?),
> between two trees, I think a palm tree and an olive tree, holding a lyre
> with a cadeucis laying on the ground.
>
> I can't even figure out what size it is! 16 cm 8, 2-sided pages per
> gathering, I can't see any chain lines but the pages have the thin
> horizontal lines.
>
>
> The book appears to have been rebound a long time ago, like at least 100
> years. The pages with the text are foxed to a light brown. The endsheets
> are lighter, but also foxed. It is quarterbound with marbled paper and
> leather. The head bands are in very good shape and look handmade and old.
> The cords seem to be real, I can feel tiny knots under the endsheets.
>
>
> Any help with identifying this item would be most appreciated!
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Dawn Grattino
>
> Senior Catalog Librarian
>
> Cleveland Public Library
>
> Catalog Dept.
>
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>
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>
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