Item Info

Creation Date: 8/22/1807
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 276
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Watermark: FS
Transcription:

Geh Aus Mein Herz \ Und suche freud In dieser Lieben Somers Zeit An Deines Gottes Gaben \ Schau an der schönen Gärten Zier und siehe wie sie mir und dir, sich aus geschmücket haben; 2 Die Bäu= \ me stehen voller Laub, Das Erdreich Decket seinen Staub mit neuem grünen Kleide, Narciesen und die Tu= \ lipan, die ziehen sich viel schöner an, als Salomonis Seide. 3. Die Lerche schwingt sich in die Lüft Das Täublein fleucht \ aus seiner Kluft, und macht sich in die Wälder, Die Hoch begabte Nachtigall, ergötzt und füllt mit ihrem \ Schall, Berg Hügel Thal und Felder. 4. Die Glucke führt ihr Küchlein aus, der Storch baut und bewohnt sein \ Hauß, das Schwälblein speißt die Jüngen Der schnelle Hirsch das leichte Reh, ist froh und kommt aus \ seiner Höh ins Tieffe Graß gesprungen 7. Der Weitzen wächst mit Gewalt darüber jauchzet Jung \ und Alt, und Rümet die Grosse güte deß der so überflüßig labt, und mit so manchen gut \ begabt, das Menschliche gemüth, 8. Ich selber kan und mag nicht ruhn \ Deß Grossen Gottes Grosses thun, Erweckt mir alle Sinne \ich singe mit wenn alles singt, und lasse was \ dem Höchsten klingt aus meinem Herzen rinnen, Auch denck \ ich bist Du hie so schön, und lässet uns so lieb \ lich gehn, auf Dieser Armen Erden, was \ will doch wohl nach dieser Welt, dort in dem rechten \ Himmels Zelt, und Güldnen Schlosse werden.

[in heart in upper right corner]
den 28= \ ten Aug \ im Jahr \ anno \ 1807

[on reverse]
Geschrieben von Susana Hübner. 1807 den 22 August 
 

Translation:

Go forth, my heart, und seek joy in this dear summer time, ion God’s gifts. Look at the beautiful gardens, and see how they have adorned themselves for me and you. 2. The trees are full of leaves, the ground covers its dust with a new green robe. Lilies and tulips dress themselves much more beautiful than Solomon’s silk. 3. The lark soars into the air; the little dove escapes from its hiding place and proceeds into the woods; the highly talented nightingale amuses, and fills with its sounds mountain, hill, valley and fields. 4. The hen takes her little chickens out; the stork builds and lives in his house, the little swallow feeds the young. The quick stag, the light doe, is happy and comes jumping from up high into the deep grass. 7. The wheat gross with force, about this young and old rejoice, and praise the great goodness of the one who gives so generously, and with some goods gives to man’s mind. 8. I myself can and will not rest until I do great things to the great God, it awakens all my senses, I sing along when everything sings, and let the highest sounds escape from my heart. And I also think, if you are so beautiful here, and let us fare so well on this poor earth, what, after this world, will happen there in the right heaven’s tent and in the golden castle. 

[in heart in upper right corner]
the 28th of August, in the year anno 1807.

[on reverse]
Written by Susana Hübner. 1807, the 22nd of August.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text, with the first two lines in Fraktur and the remainder in German script, extends across the document. The first line is written in particularly prominent and decorated letters. Above and next to them are several small flowers. The date within a heart is in the upper right corner. In the lower center of the document is a checkered plant-container with five tulips that extends into the text and thus divides it. In the lower corners are two outward-facing birds. The borders are decorated with lines and spirals.

Associated Names: Hübner, Susanna
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Susanna Hübner" 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. 418-420.

Dennis K. Moyer, Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1997), pp. 74-95.

Irene N. Walsh, "The Frakturs of Susanna Heebner," The Magazine Antiques 149, no. 2 (February 1996): 274-283.

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. 36 as fig. 22. 

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Montgomery]
City/Town/Township:[Worcester Township]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 20.6 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 635
Creator Name: Susanna Hübner (1750-1818) - Decorator
Susanna Hübner (1750-1818) - Scrivener