Item Info

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

Tauf Schein
Johannes Fluck \ Ward geboren den 19ten August im Jahr des Herr \ 1821 im Staad Pennsylvanien. Bucks Caunty \ Bedminster Taunschip Sein Vater war Christian Fluck \ die Mutter Maria geborne Stehrin obengemelte \ J F ist getauft bey Her: Strasberger Evan^gel: Reformirt \ Lehrer. Taufzeuge war Johannes Stähr und seine \ Ehe Frau Maria
 

Translation:

Baptismal Certificate.
Johannes Fluck was born on the 19th of August in the year of the Lord 1821 in the state of Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Bedminster Township. His father was Christian Fluck, the mother Maria, born Stehrin. Above mentioned J F was baptized by Mr. Strasberger, evangelical Reformed teacher. Sponsor was Johannes Stähr and his wife Maria.
 

Category: Birth and Baptismal Certificate (Geburts und Taufschein)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script within a rectangular frame is in the lower center of the document. In the upper sides and top are tulips. In each of the lower corners within square frames is a bird. The entire document is framed by a decorative border.

Formerly known as the BM Artist, Bernhard Misson made fraktur in Bucks County from c. 1808-1825.  On this certificate, the infilled text in German script appears to be by another hand, though the Fraktur lettering is comparable to other works by Misson.

In the collection of Franklin & Marshall College is a printed Taufschein made for a sibling of Johannes Fluck.  See Amsler, p. 183.

Associated Names: Strasberger
Bibliography:

"BM Artist"  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. 527.

Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 221-225.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of birth
Region/County:Bucks
City/Town/Township:Bedminster Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1821
Image Dimensions Width: 20.3 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 1209
Creator Name: [Bernhard Misson (active c. 1808-1825)] - Decorator
[Bernhard Misson (active c. 1808-1825)] - Scrivener
Anonymous - Scrivener