Faust : eine Tragödie : 1. Teil : manuscript, 1948-1949.

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Faust : eine Tragödie : 1. Teil : manuscript, 1948-1949.

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Copy made by Gertrude Frenzel-Koehler of Goethe's Faust, Part I, in a calligraphic hand. Most of the body of the text is in black ink; initials of speeches are in red, blue, brown (or gold), or green ink, or in combinations of 2 colors, or 2 shades of the same color. Many of the initials are adorned with thread-like strokes, or slightly more elaborate flourishes; in several instances, the initial is decorated with a pattern resembling the tendrils of a plant (p. 189, 225, 315). The various colors are also sometimes used for headings, characters' names or stage directions; or for certain passages, most notably, brown for the dedication, and blue for the speeches of the Lord and the angels in the prologue in heaven. The style of lettering varies according to the context. The title page (f. 1r) is dated Hellerau, 1948/49. The manuscript comprises a series of 22 numbered folio-size gatherings, continuously paginated, and enclosed within an additional bifolium that bears the title page on the front.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. August 29, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt-d. March 22, 1832, Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural scientist. He is often ranked with Shakespeare and Dante as one of the three most important poets in history. Goethe gained early fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, but his most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts....

Frenzel-Koehler, Gertrude

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Gertrude Frenzel-Koehler resided in the Hellerau district of Dresden, Germany. She was married to the architect and professor Arthur Frenzel (1899-1975), who was a co-director of the restoration of the Zwinger Palace in Dresden after the Second World War. Frenzel-Koehler produced the manuscripts in this collection for Ernst Jockers (1887-1963), professor of German at the University of Pennsylvania, with whom she corresponded at this time. She died no later than 1967. From the descrip...