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Scrivener
Friederich Kuster (active circa 1811-22)
Decorator
Friederich Kuster (active circa 1811-22)
Accession Number
PAG1998.230
Creation Date
1795
Date Range
1811-1822
Description
Taufschein with orange, blue, and yellow flowers at sides, yellow birds with blue wing at bottom of flowers.
Dimensions in Inches
7 7/8 x 12 7/8
Dimensions in Centimeters
20 x 33
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Hand colored
Associated Places
Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
tulip, birds
Associated Names
Georg Hummel, Barbara Kamp, Elisabetta Hummel, Lehmann, Jacob Hummel, Ulrich
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
Geburths und Taufschein!/Elisabetha Hummelin ist gebohren von/ehrlichen christlichen christlichen El=/tern den 30ten tag September um Uhr/ im Jahr 1795 nach der Geburth/unsers Herrn Jesu, im Staat Pennsyl-/vanien, in Berks Caunty, in/Winzer Taunschip und ist den 30ten Tag/October Ao 1795 vom H Pfarrer Dan:Lehmann/getauft. Die Eltern sind der vater Georg Hummel/und seine Ehefrau die Mutter Barbara heist gebohrne/Kampin. Taufzeugen sind/Jacob Hummel und seine Frau Elisabetta
Seÿ getreu bis in den Todt so will ich dir die Krone des Lebens geben offenb[arung]. Joh. 2v.10./
Sie ist Anno 1811 den 24ten Aprill von Herrn Pfarrer Ulrich in den Evangelish[en] Lutherischen Religion/confirmirt
Translation
Birth and Baptismal Certificate!/Elisabetha Hummel is born of honorable Christian Christian parents the 30th day of September at o’clock in the year 1795 after the birth of our Lord Jesus, in the state of Pennsylvania in Berks County, in Windsor Township and is baptized the 30th day of October A[nn]o [Domini] 1795 by Mister Pastor Dan. Lehmann. The parents are the father Georg Hummel and his legal wife the mother Barbara Heist born Kamp. Baptismal sponsors are Jacob Hummel and his wife Elisabetta.
Be faithful until death so I want to give you the Crown of Life. Revelation [of] John 2:10.
She was [in the] year 1811 the 24th of April by Mister Pastor Ulrich in the Evangelist Lutheran religion confirmed.
Comment
“Seine Ehefrau” (his legal wife) is carefully crossed out, which could possibly indicate an illegitimate birth. Further evidence of this is that the mother, Barbara Heist, was or had been married at least once as her maiden name was Kamp. As neither of her given surnames was Hummel, the name of the father, it makes this situation all the more intriguing.
Condition
Good
Published
Minardi, Lisa. Roots: Ursinus College and the Pennsylvania Germans (Trappe, Pa.: Historic Trappe, 2019), p. 82, fig. 3.56.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
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