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Bracketed Dates Scrivener (active circa 1816-41)
Accession Number
PAG1998.221
Date Range
1830
Description
Printed Taufschein with scene of the baptism of Christ at top, Christ preaching to disciples at bottom.
Dimensions in Inches
11 3/4 x 10
Dimensions in Centimeters
30 x 25
Materials
Ink on Paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Reading, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Adelboden, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
columns, clouds, men, doves, angels, religious
Associated Names
Abraham Kuenzi, Abraham Kinsey, Margaretha Hager, F. Losenegger, Stephan Lauber, Susanna Hager
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
Im Jahr Christ 1834 den 25 August um 9 Uhr/Abens wurde Margaretha ehelich geboren, und den 29ten/August vom Pfarrer F:Losenegger getauft. Die El=/tern heissen Abraham Kuenzi & Margaretha geborne/Hager Die Taufzeugen waren Stephan Lauber &/Susanna Hager Der Geburtsort war Adelboden im/S Canton Bern in N der Schweitz
GEHET HIN IN ALLE WELT LEHRET ALLER VOLKER UND TAU=/FET SIE IM NAMEN DES VATERS DES SOHNES/UND DES HEILIGEN GEISTES
[Left circle] E. PLURIBUS UNUM
[Right circle] L.S.
[lower right] Gezeichnet und gestochen von C. F. Egelmann
Translation
In the year of Christ 1834 the 25th of August at 9 o’clock in the evening was Margaretha legally born, and the 29th of August by Pastor F. Losenegger baptized. The parents are called Abraham Kuenzi and Margaretha born Hager. The baptismal sponsors were Stephan Lauber and Susanna Hager. The place of birth was Adelboden in the S[taat] Canton Bern in N[ord America] Switzerland.
Go hence into all the world[,] teach all people and baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Drawn and etched by C.F. Egelmann.
Comment
The Bracketed Dates scrivener is distinguished by his practice of placing a bracket or underscore under the years of birth and baptism. He also frequently added small embellishments to the printed fonts in red ink, as he did in this example. This Taufschein may be an edition that was not included in Stopp’s work. The given edition has “Staat____” and “Nordamerica” printed on it, whereas this edition has only “S___” and “N___” printed on it. This Taufscheine was made for a person born in Switzerland. It is possible that the original form was somehow altered or erased so that the full text was not printed on it. Because this is uncertain, however, the date for the second edition is being assigned to this piece.
Condition
Good
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. 4, p. 278, illustrated in type 754.2.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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