Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 936
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Wohl dem der den Herrn \ fürchtet und auf seinen Wegen gehet. Du wirst dich nähren \ deiner Händen Arbeit; wohl dir du hast es gut. Dein Weib \ wird sein wie ein fruchtbarer Weinstock in dein Haus herum, dein Kinder \ wie die Öhlzweige um deinen Tisch her. Siehe also wird gesegnet der Mann der \ den Herrn fürchtet. Der Herr wird dich segnen aus Zion, daß du sehest das \ Glück dein Lebenlang in Jerusalem. Und selbst deiner Kinder Kinder, Friede \ über Israel. A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V \ W X Y Z. A a b c d e f ft g h I j k l ll m n o p q r s ss s t [u v] w x y z tz ch ck sch ä \ Sihan O mein Geist in jenes Leben, zu welchen du erschaffen bist, Wo du mit Her [lich] keit umgeben, Gott ewig \ sehe wirst wie er ist. Du hast ein Recht zu diesen Freuden, Durch Gottes Güte sind sie dein, Sieh darum \ musste Christus leiden, Damit Du kontest selig seyn. Henrich Benitsch Anno 1815

Translation:

Blessed is the one who fears God and who walks in His ways. You will eat your hand labor; you shall be happy; you are well off. Your wife will be like a fruitful grape vine within your house; your children will be like olive branches around your table. Look, thus the man who fears the Lord will be blessed. The Lord will bless you from Zion, so that you shall see the fortune of Jerusalem for your entire life. And even your children’s children; peace be upon Israel. A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. A a b c d e f ft g h I j k l ll m n o p q r s ss s t [u v] w x y z tz ch ck sch ä Look, oh my Ghost into the life to which you have been created. You have a right to these pleasures; they are yours through God’s goodness. Look, this is why Christ had to suffer, so that you might be blessed. Henrich Benitsch Anno 1815

Category: Writing Exercise (Vorschrift)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text extends across the entire document. The first line is written in prominent and ornamental calligraphy. The first letter is particularly richly decorated. Wilhelm Antonius Faber also made a bookplate in 1815 for Henrich Benitsch.

Associated Names: Faber, Wilhelmus Antonius
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

“Wilhelmus Antonius Faber” 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. 264-266.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Berks]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1815
Image Dimensions Width: 19 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 164
Creator Name: [Wilhelmus Antonius Faber (active c. 1790-1820)] - Decorator
[Wilhelmus Antonius Faber (active c. 1790-1820)] - Scrivener