SOLD C. Mid 19th Century German Manuscript Devotional with Fraktur Lettering and Amazing Drawings antique paper folding I read this painting as

I read this painting as portraying a figure (whom I take for a woman) carrying a load (looks like bundle of kindling

I came across these this week in New Hampshire

as well as many other sorts of herbs

what I have seen

12" long x 3" wide x 1/4" deep

SOLD C. Mid 19th Century German Manuscript Devotional with Fraktur Lettering and Amazing Drawings antique paper folding I read this painting asI often regret not having taken German, if only to be able to properly read beautiful German and Pennsylvania German fraktur lettering, but the beauty of this manuscript certainly transcends written language, and perhaps feels all the holier for my lack of capacity to readily translate it! It is what I believe would properly be described as a devotional (a prayer book, but infused with personal reflections, meditations etc.) With the assistance of AI,