Item Info

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

[in top center]
Heb diesen Apfel auf \ So wirst du drunder finden \ Einen unschätzbahren Kauf.  

[lower center]
Da durch ein Apfel ist, die Sünde der Todt Gekommen \ So hat ein kleines Kind, die Schuld auf sich genommen \ Zum Bürgen geben sich ach! flie o Mensch die Sünd \ Das dich nit mit dem Tod einst starft das kleine Kind.

[along left side]
Das Leben wird erricht

[along right side]
die Sünd wird nun zernicht

[next to figure, under apple]
Ich bin noch jung und \ will dein Erlöser seyn.

[on book]
Pf \ ver= \ bum \ caro \ fac \ tum \ est

[on tablets]
I \ II \ III \ IV \ V \ VII \ VIII 
 

Translation:

[in top center]
Pick up this apple, and you will find under it an immeasurable purchase.

[lower center]
Because through an apple the sin, death, has come, a little child took upon itself the guilt, has vouched himself. Flee, o man, from sin, so that the little child may not punish you with death.

[along left side]
Life will be reached,

[along right side]
sin will be destroyed.

[next to figure (under apple)]
I am still young and want to be your Savior.

[on the book]
The word was made flesh.

[on tablets]
I, II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII
 

Category: Religious Text
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The apple in the center of the fraktur can be lifted up to reveal an image of Jesus with the cross, as well as two lines of text in Fraktur. On the left side is a tree with apples. A cross and a bible are at its foot. On the right is a barren tree. A snake, the two tablets with the commandments, and a fallen apple are at its foot. Next to the trees are two lines of text in Fraktur. Additional text is in the upper center within a frame, and below the image. The entire document is framed by a decorative border. For a description and image of the fraktur with the apple in place, see FLP 663.

Creation Place Note: Creation Place Note:Unknown

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1800
Image Dimensions Width: 16.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 663
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener