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God bless this house : the printed house blessings (Haus-Segen) of the Pennsylvania Germans 1780-1921

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20640
Author
Earnest, Russell D.,
Date of Publication
2015.
Call Number
745.67 E12
Responsibility
Russell D. Earnest, Corinne P. Earnest, and Patricia Earnest Suter.
ISBN
1879311224
9781879311220
Author
Earnest, Russell D.,
Place of Publication
Clayton, DE
Publisher
Russell D. Earnest Associates,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
128 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index.
An example of a house blessing can be found here: https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/5861
Summary
This book features printed house blessings, a type of Pennsylvania German broadside that is often classified with fraktur because major fraktur artists decorated them. In fact, as God Bless This House points out, few fraktur artists made freehand examples of these blessings, but some artists designed press-printed examples, and many others added color and freehand artwork to printed sheets.
Subjects
Printing - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Broadsides - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Pennsylvania Dutch
Folk religion - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
House blessings - Pennsylvania.
German Americans
Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
Additional Author
Earnest, Corinne P.,
Suter, Patricia,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.67 E12
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