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Title Christlicher Stundenweiser. : das ist: Kurze Betrachtungen aller Stunden des Tages, dadurch ein Christ, sich zur Wahrnehmung der Zeit, das Nothwendige erwecken kann.
Title Kurze Betrachtungen aller Stunden des Tages
Publisher [Zug, Switzerland] : Zu finden in Zug
Publisher SWITZERLAND. Zug. 1810
Date [ca. 1810?]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 43 x 35 cm
Notes Hand-colored woodcut of a clock surrounded by twelve Christian passages, with scenes depicting stages of life in each corner.
"This European broadside was perhaps imported because it was attractive to residents of German heritage in southeast Pennsylvania. Although twelve-hour prayers are associated with Catholics, they were occasionally used among Pennsylvania Germans, most of whom were Protestants."--Earnest, R. Flying leaves and one-sheets, 106.
Printed on laid paper; printed area measures 36 x 28.9 cm.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Lib. Company. Annual Report, 1999, p. 23-25.
Subject Christian life.
Clocks -- Pictorial works.
Genre Broadsides.
Devotional literature.
Hand-colored plates.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| #Am 1810 Christ 9504.F (Roughwood)
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| #Am 1810 Christ 10130.F (Roughwood)
Accession number 9504.F (Roughwood)
10130.F (Roughwood)

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