Item Info

Scripts/Text: German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 1006
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Kommt her, o \ ihr völker, kommt \ her, seht wunder und hört neue mähr; gott kömmt von Himmel in \ ein Weib, und nimmt von ihr einen \ reinen leib \ 2, ach Vaters \ wort, der gottes sohn, \ kömmt leiblig und \ will buße thun für \ Adam, unsers Vaters falls \ der uns verdammt \ überall \  [ill] 8 S \ SK \ 1829 \ V D \ M

Translation:

Come here, o, you people, come here, see miracles and hear new stories; God came from Heaven into a women, and took from her a pure body. 2. Oh, Father’s word, the son of god, came in the flesh and wants to repent for Adam, our father’s fall, who damned us everywhere.
[ill.] 8 S
SK 1829
V D M [Minister of the Divine Word]

Category: Hymn
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text is within a heart in the lower center of the document. Two outward-facing birds and a fan on a pole are atop it. Along the sides and in the corners are leafy, flowering vines. Two additional outward-facing birds perched on branches are in the lower corners.  The initials SK on this fraktur probably stand for Samuel Kriebel, based on FLP 168, inscribed with the name Samuel Kriebel.  Both fraktur bear some relationship to works by Benjamin Kriebel (1780-1844) dated 1803 and 1805. The text is a Schwenkfelder Christmas hymn and is number 53 in the Neueingerichtetes Gesangbuch.

Associated Names: Kriebel, Samuel
Bibliography:

Dennis K. Moyer, Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection (Kutztown, Pa.: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1997), pp. 138-139, 161.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics and family name
Region/County:[Montgomery]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1829
Image Dimensions Width: 19 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 166
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener