Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 995
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dies ist ein kluger Mann! \ der diese Schrift recht lesen kann.  

Es ist auf Erden keine bessere List als wer seiner Zunge ein meister ist viel wissen und wenig sagen recht antworten auf alle fragen rede wenig und machs wahr was du kaufest bezahle baar laß einen jeden sein wer er ist so bleibst du auch wohl wer du Bist.
Philipp Rößing

Translation:

This is a clever man who can read this writing.

There is no better trick on earth than to be his tongue’s master. To know much and to say little, answer correctly all questions, speak little and make it true; what you buy pay for in cash; let everyone be who he is, so that you will also remain who you are.
Philipp Rössing

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The main text in Fraktur is arranged in a grid pattern. The text begins in the lower right corner. Each subsequent row reads downward diagonally from right to left. The title is above the grid, and the scrivener’s name is below it.

Associated Names: Rössing, Philipp
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1850
Image Dimensions Width: 25.1 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 397
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener