Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 288
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Auf zum gericht Auf säumet nic[ht]
Ein Comet Stern sehr Blasser farb, in Pensylvanien, erschienen im Jahr 1769 im August \ Ihr Menschen fragt euch doch, waß dieser Stern thut deuten Ob Gott euch straffen will \ ach thut doch Buß bey Zeiten
 

Translation:

Up to the Judgment; up, do not miss it.
A comet star of very pale color appeared in Pennsylvania in the year 1769 in August. You people, ask yourselves what this star may mean, whether God wants to punish you. O, do penance while there is still time.
 

Category: Drawing
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur is in the lower portion of the document. Above it is an angel with a trumpet and an open book. Next to it is a comet (depicted as a star within a circle).

Associated Names: Schumacher, Daniel
Bibliography:

“Daniel Schumacher” 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. 685-692.

Pennsylvania Folklife (Autumn 1972): published as fig. 7, p. 40.

The Magazine Antiques (April 1969): published as fig. 7, p. 553.

John Joseph Stoudt, Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts (New York, NY: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1964), published as fig. 309.

John Joseph Stoudt, Pennsylvania German Folk Art  (Allentown, Pa.: The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1966), published on p. 231.

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1769
Image Dimensions Width: 18 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 696
Creator Name: [Daniel Schumacher (c. 1729-1787)] - Decorator
[Daniel Schumacher (c. 1729-1787)] - Scrivener