Granit : manuscript, 1950.

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Granit : manuscript, 1950.

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Copy made by Gertrude Frenzel-Koehler, in a calligraphic hand, of Goethe's posthumously published essay on granite, which is sometimes referred to under the title Über den Granit (beginning: Der Granit war in den ältesten Zeiten schon eine merwürdige Steinart). The main body of the text is in black, or dark brown ink; Initials of paragraphs are in either red and gold, or blue and gold ink; and the initials of the first and, to a lesser extent, the last paragraph are embellished with swirls in red, blue, and gold ink. The copy has 9 paragraph breaks; in comparison to published versions, it omits several lines at the end, concluding with the following clause: denn bei Beobachtungen sind selbst die Irrtümer nützlich, indem sie aufmerksam machen und dem Scharfsichtigen Gelegenheit geben sich zu üben. The title page (f. 1r) is dated from Hellerau. The manuscript comprises a paginated gathering of 3 folio-size bifolia.

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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...