[DCRM-L] German prayer book with no information

[Joan Milligan]

Maybe you have 1 volume of a set from* Andächtiger Hertzen Beth-Altar Zur
Allerheiligsten Dreyfaltigkeit *(link from OCLC 958368983). See the section
called Heiliges Kirchen-Opffer, midway through this book:
http://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN867803827&PHYSID=PHYS_0135&DMDID=DMDLOG_0005

The second volume here is similar too, also titled *Andächtiger Hertzen
Beth-Altar Zur Allerheiligsten Dreyfaltigkeit.*
https://books.google.com/books?id=kqpVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=Schmolck+Heiliges+Kirchen+%3D+Opfer.&source=bl&ots=-srnUp2GOS&sig=3JqCGqaInsCA53FmpPcKibCT1EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiL-4XB7LHWAhUh6oMKHalVB1MQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=Schmolck%20Heiliges%20Kirchen%20%3D%20Opfer.&f=false

Joan


Joan Milligan
Special Collections Cataloger
University of Dayton Libraries
300 College Park
Dayton, Ohio 45469-1360
937-229-4075
jmilligan1 at udayton.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.
>
> 17133 Lakeshore Blvd.
>
> Cleveland, OH 44110
>
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>
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>
> dawn.grattino at cpl.org
>
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