Goethe-Dichtungen : manuscript, 1950.

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Goethe-Dichtungen : manuscript, 1950.

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Copy made by Gertrude Frenzel-Koehler, in a calligraphic hand, of 2 poems by Goethe: Metamorphose der Pflanzen; and Metamorphose der Tiere. The initial of the first stanza of each poem is embellished with tendril-like swirls in gold, red and blue ink; and initials of sections of the poems are in blue, red, or gold. The main bodies of the poems are in black ink; the title of the first poem is in blue and that of the second is in gold. The manuscript comprises a paginated gathering of 2 folio-size bifolia, with a title page in blue, red, and gold.

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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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...