Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 345
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Catharina Ochsen ist Geboren \ im Jahr 1809 den 26^t November \ Seine Eltern Waren Matthias Ochs und seine Ehefrau \ Magdalena Eine geborene Mory, Seine Taufzeugen \ Waren Peter Mory und seine Ehefrau Catarina \ Getauft in ober sackion daunschip Northamthon Caunty von \ Herren Pfarer Dechant, im Jahr 1809 den 31 Christmonet.

Translation:

Catharina Ochsen was born in the year 1809, the 26^th November. His parents were Matthias Ochs and his wife Magdalena, a born Mory. His sponsors were Peter Mory and his wife Catarina. Baptized in Upper Saucon Township, Northampton County, by Mister pastor Dechant, in the year 1809, the 31 December.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The main text in Fraktur is in the center of the document. It is flanked by two columns, which stand on green ground and are topped by pots of flowers. Four birds on branches as well as a border decorated with flowers are above the text. The first letter of the name is written in elaborately decorated calligraphy. The entire document is enclosed in a border.

Both Durs Rudy Sr. and Jr. are thought to have made fraktur; firm attributions to one hand or the other are difficult.

Associated Names: Rudy, Durs
Provenance: Arthur Sussel

Bibliography:

"Durs Rudy" 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. 656-658.

Gerard C. Wertkin, “The Watercolors of Durs Rudy, New Discoveries in Fraktur,” in Folk Art 18, no. 2 (Summer 1993): 33-39.

Gerard C. Wertkin, “The Watercolors of Durs Rudy, New Discoveries in Fraktur,” in Folk Art 18, no. 2 (Summer 1993): 33-39.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of birth
Region/County:Northampton [now Lehigh]
City/Town/Township:Upper Saucon Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1810
Image Dimensions Width: 19.9 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 686
Creator Name: [Durs Rudy Sr. (1766-1843)] - Decorator
[Durs Rudy Sr. (1766-1843)] - Scrivener
[Durs Rudy Jr. (1789-1850)] - Decorator
[Durs Rudy Jr. (1789-1850)] - Scrivener