Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 665
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dise vorschrift \ Gehöret mir \ Susanna Landis 
Wann ich es Recht \ Betracht und sehe Tag und Nacht in \ stund und zeiten Hingehen so Geschwind Ga \ schwinder als der Wind zur Ewigkeit Am \ am bm cm dm em fm fm gm hm im km lm \ llm mm nm om pm qm rm sm tm um vm wm xm ym 
Suche Jesu und \ sein Licht Alles andre helfet nicht \ 1797 
 

Translation:

This writing exercise belongs to Susanna Landis.
When I observe it rightly and see day and night pass away quickly in hours and times, more quickly than the wind to eternity. Am am bm cm dm em fm fm gm hm im km lm llm mm nm om pm qm rm sm tm um vm wm xm ym.
Seek Jesus and his light. Everything else does not help. 1797.
 

Category: Writing Exercise (Vorschrift)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script is in the center of the document. It is surrounded by ten flowers, including four tulips. The edge of the document is decorated with leaves.

Associated Names: Landis, Susanna
Bibliography:

"Abraham Brubaker" 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. 135-137.

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1797
Image Dimensions Width: 16.4 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 699
Creator Name: [Abraham Brubaker (1760-1831)] - Decorator
[Abraham Brubaker (1760-1831)] - Scrivener