Item Info

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

Förchte Gott allein \ der Leib und Sell Verdammen Mag \ in Höllische Pein gedultiglich, trage dein Creutz auff Erd sonst wirst mit sein \ deineß Herrn Wort Hab Lieb alß dich den \ Nechsten dein so wirst du Gottes Jünger \ sein Ja aller Trübsal angst und noth \ Allein Bey Gott such Hülff und rath \ Ker dich zu Gott so kert er sich wiederum \ zu dir und Begnade dich Lerne Von Christo \ Jesu dem Heren dem sanftmütig wilt \ gehorsam sein mit Traurigen trag auch Leid \ Neid Haß und Zorn Trag mitum schmach mit g [ill.]

Translation:

Fear God alone who can damn body and soul to hellish pain. Bear your cross patiently on earth or else it will be as in God’s Word. Love your neighbor like yourself so that you will be God’s disciple. Yes, for all sadness, fear and need, only with God seek help and advice. Turn to God and he will turn to you, and be blessed, learn from Christ Jesus the Lord, the gentle one, and obey him. Sadly bear also suffering, need, hate and anger, also shame with [ill.]

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

Attributed by Donald A. Shelley to Christian Peters.  A dated 1777 vorschrift by Peters gives a location in Switzerland.  See also FLP 1193, 1194, and 1195 for related examples; traces of stitching along the left margin suggests the four papers once formed part of a booklet.  See also FLP 1197.

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The prominent and richly decorated first letter of the first word is on the left side of the document. The text in Fraktur and German script is to its right.

Associated Names: Peter, Christian
Provenance: Donald A. Shelley

Bibliography:

"Christian Peter"  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, p. 617.

Donald A. Shelley, The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans (Allentown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1961); published as figs. 74d and 75; see also figs. 74a-c and 229 for other examples. 

Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Possibly Switzerland
State/Province:Unknown

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1800
Image Dimensions Width: 17.6 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 1196
Creator Name: [Christian Peters (active c. 1777)] - Decorator
[Christian Peters (active c. 1777)] - Scrivener