Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 418
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Im Jahr un= \ [text breaks off]

Translation:

In the year of our [text breaks off]

Category: Birth and Baptismal Certificate (Geburts und Taufschein)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The central text in Fraktur is within a rectangular frame, which is decorated by undulating flowering vines, rosettes, tulips and spirals. The text begins with a large and ornately decorated letter “I,” which is flanked by a potted vine with four tulips.

This fraktur was formerly attributed to Jacob Strickler of Virginia. Based on design and handwriting differences, this attribution is uncertain.  FLP 93 and 94 were made by the same artist for members of the Banawitz family.  Although no locations are given on the documents, family history research located a Jacob Bonewit who married a Margaret Herbein in 1782 in Shenandoah County, VA, possibly the same Jacob and Margaret Banawitz listed as the parents on the certificates. 

 

Associated Names: Strickler, Jacob
Bibliography:

“Banawitz Family Artist” in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2nd ed., vol. 1, p. 71.

“Jacob Strickler” in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2nd ed., vol. 2, pp. 747-748.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
Region/County:[Shenandoah]
State/Province:[Virginia]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1800
Image Dimensions Width: 31 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 113
Creator Name: [Banawitz Family Artist (active c. 1800)] - Decorator
[Banawitz Family Artist (active c. 1800)] - Scrivener