Hans Rudolf Gujer calligraphy notebook ViU-2024-0092 (Addition 53), 1750
Scope and Contents
Addition 53 of MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building contains one calligraphy manuscript of Hans Rudolf Gujer from Wermatswil, Switzerland. The book contains thirty-seven leaves in landscape format, in various colored inks and watercolor, with some use of gouache.
It also includes seven large original drawings; one is in pen-and-ink, and six are ink and watercolor; three pages... of alphabets; most other pages have three compartments including ornately decorated capital initials, floral, figurative, and abstract ornamental borders and infills throughout; one page with music, and one with micrograph. The last leaf contains a full-page colophon of calligrapher: "Von Mir geschriben, Hans Rudolf guier, Zu Wermmet-schweil, 1750," with marginal calligraphic addition noting his age at the time of writing, "mein alter war 20 jahr."
The German texts of the album are religious: biblical quotations, prayers, and other devotional texts. Gujer was a relative of Jacob Gujer, a celebrated "philosopher farmer."
Dates
- Creation: 1750
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.04 Cubic Feet (1 volume.)
Language of Materials
German
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was a purchase from Musinsky Rare Books to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 24 April, 2024.
General
Purchased with the Given by Murray F. Nimmo in memory of Gregg Ross Hopkins, 2023/2024. Acquired by Brenda Gunn. Title Control Number: a11400163 Order Number: 634156
Source
- Musinsky Rare Books (Organization)
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States