Preview
Scrivener
Heinrich Ruby
Accession Number
PAG1998.233
Creation Date
1827
Description
Printed blank Taufschein with fruit and angels.
Dimensions in Inches
9 1/2 x 7 1/2
Dimensions in Centimeters
24 x 19
Materials
Watercolor and ink on paper
Technique
Hand colored
Print Shop Location
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
angels, harps, fruit, horns, flowers, papayas
Associated Names
Heinrich Ruby
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
Blockletters
Language
English
Transcription
Certificate of Birth and Baptism.
A of / and wife a of /was born on the day of in the year of our Lord,/18 in , in the county of ,/in the state of in North America; and was bap-/tised on the day of in the year of our Lord ,/by the Rev. Mr. /H Sponsors were
Printed and for sale by Henry Ruby, Main Street, CHAMBERSBURG-1827
Comment
This is the only known example of this certificate, Ruby’s first Taufschein edition in English. This is also the earliest known imprint in which the printer includes his street address.
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #213
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. 72.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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