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Accession Number
PAG1998.164
Creation Date
1800
Description
Printed design with bottom two hearts set at angle to central heart, elaborate urn and floral vine border at sides, uncolored.
Dimensions in Inches
13 x 15 3/4
Dimensions in Centimeters
33 x 40
Materials
Ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Hanover, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
flowers, hearts, urns, floral
Associated Names
Thomas Titzler, Christina Manbek, Elisabeth, Schulz, Maria Manbek
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
Fraktur lettering, German script
Language
German
Comment
Although this example was left plain, several versions of the edition exist that are elaborately colored.
Condition
Good
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #282
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. 228. Shoemaker, Alfred L. Check List of Pennsylvania Dutch Printed Taufscheins. (Lancaster, Pa.: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, 1952). p. 24.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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