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Accession Number
PAG2004.004
Date Range
1800-1820
Description
Brown oval encircling text with blue ribbon and pink rose at top center.
Dimensions in Inches
3 3/4 x 3 1/8
Dimensions in Centimeters
10 x 8
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand lettered
Associated Places
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Category
Religious text
Motifs
roses, leaves, floral
Associated Names
Luesa Koehler
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
Wilkommen! edles Knä-/belein, willkommen/ liebes Kind! süßes/Jesuslein, durch Dich, mein Leid verschwindt.
Translation
Welcome! noble little boy, welcome, dear child! Welcome! sweet little Jesus, through you my sorrow disappears.
Comment
This is one of three small fraktur that all have the name “Luesa Koehler” inscribed on them in pencil in the same hand. Because of the pietistic text and the wreath design, it is thought these are Moravian pieces. The text on this piece indicates it may have been made around Christmas.
Condition
Good
Published
Minardi, Lisa. Roots: Ursinus College and the Pennsylvania Germans (Trappe, Pa.: Historic Trappe, 2019). p. 94, fig. 3.68.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, religious text
Image Location
Rights Statement
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