Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (But whomever you forgive something [Welchem aber Ihr etwas vergebet])
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Item Info
Language: German
Weiser Number: 943
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:
Welchem Aber \ Ihr Etwas Vergebet dem Vergebet auch den auch Ich \ so Ich Etwas vergebe jemande Das vergebe ich um eurer willen An Christu stadt.
[in lower left]
Keiner Ist so Hoch \ noch Reich zu schätzen \ dem Nicht Leicht in \ unfall kan Verle= \ tzen Wann Wird \ arme leuten guts [text breaks off]
Translation:
But whomever forgives you something, forgive him also, as I also forgive someone something, I forgive it for your sake in Christ’s place.
[in lower left]
No one is esteemed to be so high or rich that he cannot easily be wounded in an accident. When will the goods of poor people [text breaks off]
Category: Writing Exercise (Vorschrift)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur covers the upper half of the document. In addition, a verse within a square frame is in the lower left corner. The first letter is displayed in particularly elaborate calligraphy. Above the text are a birds and stems of flowers. The lower portion of this incomplete writing exercise is blank.
Though incomplete, this piece is closely related to FLP 632, a vorschrift for Gertraut Allterffern dated 1787 and attributed to Heinrich Brachtheiser.
Associated Names: Brachtheiser, Heinrich
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman
Bibliography:
"John Henrich Brachtheiser" 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), 2nd ed., vol. 1, p. 113.
Mary Jane Lederach Hershey, This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836 (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2003); pp. 96-98.
Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics and artist's location
Region/County:[Montgomery]
City/Town/Township:[Lower Salford Township]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1787
Image Dimensions Width: 20.8 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 351
Creator Name: [Heinrich Brachtheiser (1762-1788)] - Decorator
[Heinrich Brachtheiser (1762-1788)] - Scrivener
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (But whomever you forgive something [Welchem aber Ihr etwas vergebet])