Item Info

Creation Date: 3/30/1824
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 373
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Wann wir kaum gebohren werden, \ ist vom ersten Lebenstritt, bis ins Kühle Grab \ der Erden, nur ein kurtz gemesener Schritt. \ Ach mit jedem Augenblick gehet unsere Kraft \ zurück, und wir sind mit jedem Jahre, reif genug zur \ Todenbahre, und wer weis in welcher Stunde, uns die \ letzte Stimme weckt; den Gott hats mit seinem mun= \ de, keinem Menschen noch entdeckt; wer seyn Haus \ wohl bestellt, geht mit Freuden aus der Welt, da die Sich= \ erheit hingegen ewiges Sterben kann erregen.
Geschrieben im Jahr 1824 den 30ten Märtz \ von mir \ Anthony Rehm

Translation:

Scarcely born into the world, it is only a short measured pace from the first step to the cool grave in the earth. O with every moment our strength diminishes, and with every year we grow more ripe for the death-barrow. And who knows in what hour the final voice will awaken us, because God has not revealed this to anybody yet. Who tends to his house will depart from the world with joy. Because surety, in contrast, can provoke eternal death.
Written in the year 1824, the 30th of March, by me, Anthony Rehm.

Category: Religious Text
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur is in the center of the document. It is within a rectangular frame that is decorated by an undulating band.

Associated Names: Rehm, Anthony
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Anthony Rehm" 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), 2^nd ed., vol. 2, p. 637.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Bucks]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 20 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 507
Creator Name: Anthony Rehm (?-?) - Decorator
Anthony Rehm (?-?) - Scrivener