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Scrivener
Unknown
Accession Number
PAG1998.168
Creation Date
1813
Description
Printed Taufschein in three-heart design with springing deer at bottom, red and yellow flowers, small pair of birds above imprint.
Dimensions in Inches
12 x 15 3/4
Dimensions in Centimeters
30 x 40
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Lynn, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
hearts, deer, flowers, birds
Associated Names
Henrich Bauch, Anna Margreda Grunewald, Aana Barbara, Anna Barbara, Johannes Miller, Barbara Miller
Rights
Please contact the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College for permissions which fall outside of educational fair use.
Source
Ursinus College Library Special Collections and the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art
Provenance
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Script/Text
German script
Language
German
Comment
On this example, the word “Taufzeugen” (baptismal sponsors) was written as “Taufzeigen.” This is the same edition as 1998.217.
Condition
Good
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #273
Published
Stopp, Klaus. The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 6 vols. (Mainz, Germany, and East Berlin, Pa.: privately published, 1997–99). vol. 2, p. 213.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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