SOLD C. Mid 19th Century German Manuscript Devotional with Fraktur Lettering and Amazing Drawings antique paper folding I don't usually do image

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a source of endless treasures

12" long x 3" wide x 1/4" deep

I came across these this week in New Hampshire

and among my favorites ever

SOLD C. Mid 19th Century German Manuscript Devotional with Fraktur Lettering and Amazing Drawings antique paper folding I don't usually do imageI often regret not having taken German, if only to be able to properly read beautiful German and Pennsylvania German fraktur lettering, but the beauty of this manuscript certainly transcends written language, and perhaps feels all the holier for my lack of capacity to readily translate it! It is what I believe would properly be described as a devotional (a prayer book, but infused with personal reflections, meditations etc.) With the assistance of AI,