1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies abract watercolor 3 3/4" x 2 7/8"

3 3/4" x 2 7/8"

with a bit of very minor wear to the bottom corners along the edges

simply fantastic

signed and dated 1904 on the reverse by brother (Fra) Anlobsopladser (I believe) of Munkebjarg

Each 5 1/16" l x 1 5/8" w x 1 1/2" t

1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies abract watercolor 3 3/4" x 2 7/8"I only recently learned about album amicorum (Latin for "book of friends") or liber amicorum, a European manuscript tradition, beginning in the 16ht century, where individualsoften students, scholars, or aristocratscollected signatures, poems, illustrations, and in this case embroideries, from friends, colleagues, and notable figures. A sort of precursor to the Victorian autograph album, but these were comprised of loose pieces, collected over time,