Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script; Roman script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 130
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Hana \ Florin, ist ge= \ bohren den [ill.] Mertz \ Anno 1800. David \ geschrieben 1815.

[in left circle]
Ehre deinen \ Vatter von ganzem \ Herzen, und vergiß nicht \ wie Sauer du deiner Mut= \ ter worden bist, und denke, das \ dir von ihnen gebohren bist und \ was kanst du ihnen dafür \ thun, was sie an dir ge= \ than haben. Sirach \ im 7. Cap: V: 29. 30 \ David.

[in right circle]
Mein Kind \ wann dich die bössen \ Buben locken, so folge nicht \ mein Kind, Wandele den weg \ nicht mit ihnen; wehre deinem \ Fuß, vor ihrem Pfad: denn \ ihre Füsse laufen zum \ bössen. Johanna Florin. \ October 17, 1825. \ David.

[in left bird]
In deiner Jug= \ end solt du dich Zur \ Arbeit halten fleißig = \ lich, hernach gar schwär \ die Arbeit ist, wann \ du Zum Alter \ kommen bist \ halleluia \ Amen. \ David \ Cordier \ 1815.

[in right bird]
Zier all \ dein Thun mit Red= \ lichkeit, bedenck zu \ erst den letzten bescheid \ dann vor gethan, und \ nach bedacht, hat \ Manchen in \ groß Leid ge= \ bracht. \ David.

Translation:

Hana Florin was born the [ill.] March, anno 1800. David. Written 1815.

[in left circle]
Honor your father with all you heart, and do not forget the birth pangs of your mother, and remember that you were born from them and what you can do for them for what they have done for you. Sirach 7, v 29, 30. David.

[in right circle]
My child, when the evil boys tempt you, do not follow them, my child, do not walk the way with them; keep your foot from their path, because their feet walk towards evil. Johanna Florin, October 17, 1825. David.

[in left bird]
In your youth you should keep to your work diligently, afterwards the work will be very difficult when you reach old age. Hallelujah. Amen. David Cordier 1815.

[in right bird]
Adorn all you doings with honesty. Consider first the last instructions, because first done and later thought about has brought great suffering to many. David.

Category: Birth Certificate (Geburtsschein)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur, with citations, dates and signatures in German and Roman script, is enclosed in several frames, including three circles in the center and the bodies of two large outward-facing birds on the sides. In the area between the frames are leafy stems of flowers, rosettes, stars and small birds, and in the center and top center are three small faces. The entire document is executed in a monochromatic brown typical of Cordier’s known work. Approximately one dozen fraktur by Cordier are known; no locations are recorded on any of them.

Associated Names: Florin, Johanna
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

“David Cordier” 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. 1, pp. 158-159.

Lisa Minardi, "Quill & Brush: An Introduction to Pennsylvania German Fraktur," in Framing Fraktur: Pennsylvania German Material Culture & Contemporary Art, ed. Judith Tannenbaum (Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 2015), published on p. 42 as fig. 30. 

Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
State/Province:[Ohio]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1815
Image Dimensions Width: 19.6 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 363
Creator Name: David Cordier (active c. 1814-1819) - Decorator
David Cordier (active c. 1814-1819) - Scrivener