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Scrivener
Martin Brechall (circa 1757-1831)
Decorator
Martin Brechall (circa 1757-1831)
Accession Number
PAG1998.231
Creation Date
1814
Description
Printed Taufschein with red, black, and yellow floral designs at top and sides, signed in lower right corner.
Dimensions in Inches
8 x 12 3/8
Dimensions in Centimeters
20 x 31
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Easton, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Easton, Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
flowers, tulips
Associated Names
Johannes Alspach, Magdalena Heiser, Rebecca, Philip Mayer, Daniel Hummel, Elisabeth Hummel, Rebecca Buffington, D.E. Pflueger
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
Transcription
Ich bin getauft ob ich gleich sterbe,/was schadet mir das kühle Grab? ich weiß/mein Vaterland und Erbe, das ich bey/Gott im Himmel hab, nach meinem Tod/ist mir bereit des Himmels Freud’ und/Feyerkleid.
Diesen beyden Ehegatten als Johannes Alspach und seiner/ehelichen Hausfrau Magdalena- eine gebohrne Heiserin ist/eine Tochter zur Welt gebohren Namens Rebecca im Jahr/Christi 1819: den 7—ten Tag August um 4 Uhr, /Nachmittags Diese Rebecca ist geboren und getauft in America/im Staat Pennsylvanien, in Schulkill Caunty, und in Braunschweig Taunschip. Obengemeldete Rebecca--- ist/getauft worden den 14ten Tag September 1819: von Herrn/Philip Maÿer, reformir. Prediger. Taufzeugen waren bey dieser/heiligen Handlung, der Ehrsame Daniel Hummel und deßen/Ehefrau Elisabeth.
[lower right] Martin Brechall
Translation
Verso: Rebecca Buffington died on the 4 day/of Mar. 1902. Buried on the 8 Day of Mar. 1902/A.D./Text fourth chap. of Psalm/and eigth verse./Age/82 years 6 months and 27 days./Funeral service was conducted by/Rev. O.E. Pflueger.
I was baptized, if I die immediately…
To both of these spouses, Johannes Alspach and his legal wife Magdalena a born Heiser is a daughter to the world born named Rebecca in the year of Christ 1819 the 7th day of August at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. This Rebecca was born and baptized in America, in the state of Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, and in Braunschweig Township. Above-mentioned Rebecca was baptized the 14th day of September 1819 by Mister Philip Maÿer, Reformed Preacher. The baptismal sponsors were at this holy act the honorable Daniel Hummel and his legal wife Elisabeth.
Comment
Martin Brechall ordered this printed form made for his own use, with plenty of empty space to decorate at the sides and top. Stopp, 2:80; Shoemaker, Check List, 6.
Condition
Good
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #219
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. 80. Shoemaker, Alfred L. Check List of Pennsylvania Dutch Printed Taufscheins. (Lancaster, Pa.: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, 1952). p. 6.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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