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Scrivener
Francis D. Levan (died 1850)
Accession Number
PAG1998.217
Creation Date
1813
Description
Printed Taufschein with large central heart, smaller hearts in bottom corners, springing deer, birds, and floral spray motifs, colored in yellow, green, and red.
Dimensions in Inches
12 3/4 x 15
Dimensions in Centimeters
32 x 38
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand colored
Print Shop Location
Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
hearts, leaves, birds, deer, tulips
Associated Names
Jacob Krick, Catharina, Bechtel, Mariana, W. Pauly, Maria Krick
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
Tauf=Schein./Diesen beyden Ehegatten, als Jacob Krick und seiner Ehlichen/Haus=Frau Catharina eine gebohrne Johs: Bechtel ist eine Tochter zur Welt/gebohren, Namens Mariana im Jahr unsers HErrn JEsu 1831 den 26ten/Tag October um 11 Uhr Vormitag im Zeichen de / Diese Marianna ist Gebohren und Getauft in America, im Staat Pensylvany Caunty, Bercks/Taunschip, Cumero Obgemelde Mariana Krick ist Getauft worden, den 12tn Jennier/1831 vom Herrn W Pauli/Tauf=Zeigen Maria Krick allein
Wann wir kaum gebohren werden, ist vom ersten Lebenstritt, bis zum kühle Grab der Erden, Nur ein kurz gemessener Schritt. Ach mit jedem Augenblick/Gehet unsere Kraft zurück, und wir sind mit jedem Jahre, allzu reif zur Todenbahre; Und wer weiß, in welcher Stunde, uns die letzte Stimme weckt;/Dann GOtt hat’s mit seinem Munde, Keinem Menschen noch endeckt. Wer sein Haus nun wohl bestellt, geht mit Freuden aus der Welt./Das die Sicherheit hingegen; Ewigs Sterben kan erregen.
EPHRATA: gedruckt bey/Samuel Baumann
Ich bin Getauft, ich steh’ im Bunde,/Durch meine Tauf mit meinem Gott,/So sprech’ ich stets mit frohem Munde,/In Creuz, in Trübsal, Angst und Noth,/Ich bin getauft, deß freu/ich mich, Die Freude/bleibet ewig=/lich.
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, das fey=/erkleid.
Translation
Baptismal Certificate. To both of these spouses, Jacob Krick and his legal wife Catharina a born Joh[anne]s Bechtel is a daughter to the world born, named Mariana in the year of our Lord Jesus 1831 the 26th day of October at 11 o’clock in the morning in the sign of the . This Marianna was born and baptized in America, in the state of Pennsylvania County, Berks, Township, Cumru. Above-mentioned Mariana Krick was baptized the 12th of January 1831 by Mister W. Pauli. The baptismal sponsors were Maria Krick alone.
When we are just born…
EPHRATA: printed by Samuel Baumann.
I was baptized, I stand in the union…
I was baptized, if I die immediately…
Comment
Another Taufschein of this edition, made for a Sussan May born February 24, 1843 to Jacob Krück and Catharina Bechle of Cumru Township, Berks County, is listed in Stopp, 2:213. In all likelihood this is for a sibling of the Mariana Krick whose certificate is pictured here. This Taufschein form is identical to PAG1998.168.
Condition
Good
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #273
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. 213.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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