Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 377
Physical Description: Leaf
Transcription:

[on the left]
Abraham Kauffmann \ Entschlief seelig am 26 sten Tag \ des Montas August im Jahr \ unsers Herrn Jesu Christi 1838. Auf Sontag Morgen, um die 5te Stunde \ seine kurze Pilgrimschaft was: 1. Jahr \ 8. Monath. und 26 Tage.
Wenn wir kaum gebohren werden \ Ist vom ersten Lebens=Tritt \ Bis ins kühle Grab der Erden \ Nur ein Kurtz gemeßner Schritt. \ Ach mit jedem Augenblick \ gehet unsere Kraft zurück \und wir sind mit jedem Jahre \ alle reif zur Todtenbahre. \ Und wer weiß in welcher Stunde \ uns die letzte Stimme weckt, denn Gott hats mit \ seinem Munde, keinem Menschen noch entdeckt. \ Wer sein Hauß nun recht bestellt; geht mit \ Freuden aus der Welt, da die Sicherheit \ hingegen ewigs Sterben kann erregen. 

[on the right]
Susanna \ Kauffman \ wurde geboren Den \ 29ten October 1840 \ Im Zeichen Schitz \ Magdalena \ Kauffman \ wurde geboren den \ 21 ten Aprill 1843 \ Im Zeichen Wassermann.
 

Translation:

[on the left]
Abraham Kauffmann fell asleep blessedly on the 26th day of the month of August in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1838, on Sunday morning at the 5th hour. His short pilgrimage was: 1 year, 8 months and 26 days.
Scarcely born into the world, it is only a short measured pace from the first step to the cool grave in the earth. O with every moment! Our strength diminishes, and with every year we grow more ripe for the bier. And who knows in what hour the final voice will awaken us, because God has not revealed this to anybody yet. Who tends to his house will depart from the world with joy. Because surety, in contrast, can provoke eternal death.

[on the right]
Susanna Kauffman was born on the 29th of October 1840 in the sign of Sagittarius. Magdalena Kauffman was born the 21st of April 1843 in the sign of Aquarius.
 

Category: Bookplate and Family Record (Bücherzeichen und Familienregister)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. This book includes three sets of bookplates. This set of two is on facing pages. On each page is a text in Fraktur. For the other bookplates in this book, see FLP B-1047 and FLP B-1047b. These bookplates are in Christliches Gemüths=Gespräch (Lancaster, Pa.: Johann Bär, 1836).

Associated Names: Seybold, Carl Friderich
Bibliography:

"Karl Friderich Theodor Seybold"  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), 2^nd ed., vol. 2, pp. 700-702.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Lancaster
City/Town/Township:Manor Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1840
Image Dimensions Width: 12.9 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-1047a
Creator Name: [Carl Friderich Seybold (active c. 1813-1846)] - Scrivener