Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German; English
Weiser Number: 441
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Watermark: P. Bechtel
Transcription:

[on top of page]:
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In der Treieing \ Keit \ Elisabeth Heist \ Ward gebohrren \ den 9th September im \ Jahr 1794 und ward ge \ tauft nach den worden \ [blank]

[added in script below]
Die Tauf zeigen Waren \ Georg Heist und seine Ehfrau Elisabeth Eine \ geborne Heistin

Translation:

[on top of page]:
Oh run simply

In the trinity, Elisabeth Ward was born the 9th of September 1794, and she was baptized according to the words [blank]

[added in script below]
The sponsors were Georg Heist and his wife Elisabeth, a born Heistin.

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 is in center in decorated rectangular frame, surrounded by flowering vines and rosettes. Two inverted hearts are at the top center. The reference to the Trinity in text is unusual.

Associated Names: Heist, Georg
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1800
Image Dimensions Width: 40.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 50
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener