Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 323
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Diese beide Ehegatten als Tobias Semmel \ und seine Ehefrau Maria eine Geborne \ Klotzin Lutherische Religion ist eine Tochter \ zur Welt geboren als Sara ist Geboren im \ Jahr Unsers HERRN Jesu 1810 d: 17 Jenner \ um 9 Uhr abends in Weithall Taunschip Northamton \ Caunti im Staat Pensilvanie u. wurde darauf d: 15 Hor: \ zur \ Heilige Taufe gebragt, u. vor Herrn Geisenheiner \ Diener des Gottligen worts getaufet. Die Tauff \ zeugen waren Georg Semmel und Eva \ Klotzin beide ledig \ und haben \ ihn den Namen beigelegt \ als \ Sara \ 

[in heart]
Dis Hertze Mein \ soll \ Dir allein O Lieber \ Jesu sein \
 

Translation:

To these two married people, namely Tobias Semmel his wife Maria, a born Klotzin, Lutheran religion, a daughter was born into the world, named Sara, was born in the year of our LORD Jesus Christ 1810, the 17 January at 9 o’clock in the evening in Whitehall Township, Northampton County, in the state of Pennsylvania, and was subsequently on the 15 February brought to the holy baptism, and baptized by Mister Geisenheimer, servant of God’s Word. The \ sponsors were Georg Semmel and Eva Klotzin, both single, and gave her the name Sara.

[in heart]
This heart of mine shall be all yours, O dear Jesus.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The central text in Fraktur is enclosed within a circular frame decorated with scalloped borders and flowering vines. Additional verse is in a small heart at the bottom center, flanked by a bird on a branch and a swan on water. Two angels holding flowers are in the upper corners, and at the top center is a bird on a vine within a circle.

The Flying Angel Artist is also known as the Blowsy Angel Artist.  For related examples see also FLP 80-83, 84-87; see also frkr00002, a carved woodblock with imagery to the work fo the Flying Angel Artist.

 

Associated Names: Semmel, Tobias
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

“Flying Angel 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), 2nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 283-286.

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1800
Image Dimensions Width: 34 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 84
Creator Name: [Flying Angel Artist (active c. 1780-1811)] - Decorator
[Flying Angel Artist (active c. 1780-1811)] - Scrivener