Religious text for Sarah Schally (Seek rest, soul [Ruh such, Seele])

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Religious text for Sarah Schally (Seek rest, soul [Ruh such, Seele])

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Item No: frk00561
Title: Religious text for Sarah Schally (Seek rest, soul [Ruh such, Seele])
Creation Date: 2/28/1829
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 977
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Ruh suche \ Sele Wahre Ruh Laß alles \ fahren Eil gott zu wer in \ gott kehrt Recht Sabath hält \ Nicht wer Thut was dem fleisch \ gefält \ Sarah Schally den 28th Hornung \ 1829


Translation:

Seek rest, soul, true rest. Let everything go, hurry to God. Whoever turns to God, keeps the Sabbath correctly, not whoever does what pleases the flesh. Sarah Schally, the 28th of February, 1829.


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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The main text in Fraktur extends across the document. The first line is written in particularly prominent and decorative letters. Above it is a bird and two flowers. The entire document is framed by a decorative border.


Associated Names: Schally, Sarah
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 25 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 561
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener

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