Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 57
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

William Deibert ist geboren \ den 3^ten August 1814, Seine Eltern Waren \ Tobias Deibert und seine Eheliche Hausfrau \ Christina, [pencil notation in margin: G[eborene] Helfrich] seine Tauf zeugen waren Christian \ Traxel und seine Eheliche Hausfrau Barbara \ Getauft den 18^ten August 1814 von Herren Joseph Düring \ In Weithal Daunschip Lecha Caunty.

Translation:

William Deibert was born the 3^rd of August 1814. His parents were Tobias Deibert and his lawful wife Christina [pencil notation in margin: born Helfrich]. His sponsors were Christian Traxel and his lawful wife Barbara. Baptized the 18^th of August 1814 by Mister Joseph Düring, in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur is flanked by two decorative columns with flowerpots on top. Suspended between them above the text is a banner that is decorated with flowers and floral garlands. The first letter of the text is displayed in particularly elaborate calligraphy. The entire document is enclosed by a border. Both Durs Rudy Sr. and Durs Rudy Jr. are thought to have made fraktur; firm attributions to one or the other are difficult.

 

Associated Names: Traxel, Christian
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

“Durs Rudy, Sr. and Durs Rudy, Jr.” 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, pp. 656-658.

Gerard C. Wertkin, “The Watercolors of Durs Rudy, New Discoveries in Fraktur,” in Folk Art 18, no. 2 (Summer 1993): 33-39; published on p. 37.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of birth
City/Town/Township:Whitehall Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1815
Image Dimensions Width: 19.9 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 342
Creator Name: [Durs Rudy Sr. (1766-1843)] - Decorator
[Durs Rudy Sr. (1766-1843)] - Scrivener
[Durs Rudy Jr. (1789-1850)] - Decorator
[Durs Rudy Jr. (1789-1850)] - Scrivener