Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 440
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

In der stillen Einsamkeit findest du \ Dein Lob bereit Großer Gott erhöre mich, \ Dann mein Hertze suchet dich. \ Tauff Schein. \ Sara Millerin ist gebohren in \ America im Staat Pensylvania Dauphin County \ Heidelberg Township den 7^ten April im Jahr 1797 \ und von dem Ehrwürdigen Herrn Pfarrer Wilhelm Handel \ durch die heilige Tauff dem lieben Heylande einverleibet worden, \ Die Tauf=Zeugen waren die Eltern Namens Johannes Miller \ und seine Ehe=Frau Catharina eine gebohrne Löscherin.

[written along the sides of the text frame, starting in the upper left corner]
1. Kein Name ist so schön als meines Jesu Name, weil er auf deutsch so viel als Seligmacher heißt, es ist auch dieses Kindes rechte Weibes Same, der uns allein den Weg zum ewigen Leben weißt. Den Namen will ich mir tief in mein Hertzen graben, und in der letzten Noth in meinem Munde haben. Sara Millerin.

Translation:

In quiet loneliness you find your praise prepared; great God, hear me, for my heart searches for you.
Baptismal Certificate
Sara Millerin was born in America, in the state of Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Heidelberg Township, the 7^th of April in the year 1797, and was incorporated into the body of the dear Savior through the holy baptism by the honorable Mister Pastor Wilhelm Handel. The sponsors were the parents, namely Johannes Miller and his wife Catharina, a born Löscherin.

[written along the sides of the text frame, starting in the upper left corner]
1. No name is as beautiful as the name of my Jesus, for he is called as much as a blessing maker [Seligmacher] in German. He is also for this child a true women’s seed who alone can show us the way to eternal life. I will bury this name deep into my heart, and in the last need I will have it in my mouth. Sara Millerin

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

Hand-drawn; hand-lettered. The central text is within a large rectangular frame in the center of the document. It is surrounded by numerous decorative calligraphic scrolls or spirals.

Associated Names: Miller, Sara
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

Lisa Minardi, "From Millbach to Mahantongo: Fraktur and Furniture of the Pennsylvania Germans," in American Furniture, ed. Luke Beckerdite (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England for the Chipstone Foundation, 2011), published on p. 16 as fig. 19. 

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of birth
Region/County:Dauphin [now Lebanon]
City/Town/Township:Heidelberg Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1800
Image Dimensions Width: 39.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 118
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener