Your Whole Life Through (Dein Leben lang)
Fraktur
Item Info
Language: German
Weiser Number: 987
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:
Dein leben Lang [text breaks off]
Was Mich auf dieser welt \ betrübt es wählret kurze Zeit, \ was aber meine Seele liebt \ Es bleibt in Ewigkeit Drum \ fahr o welt mit Ehr und geld \ in dieser wohhlust hier im Creutz \ und Gott kann mier mein Gott Erquicken \ muth und Sinn
Translation:
Your whole life through [text breaks off]
What saddens me in this world lasts for a short time. But what my soul loves remains through eternity. Therefore go, o world, with glory and money in this sensuousness. In the cross and God can my God for me refresh courage and mind.
Category: Religious Text
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The first line in Fraktur is in the upper portion of the document. The remainder of the text in German script is below it. It is enclosed ny a rectangular border decorated with flowers.
Provenance: Levi E. Yoder
Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1830
Image Dimensions Width: 15.4 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 516
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener
Your Whole Life Through (Dein Leben lang)