Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 106
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Watermark: C & S
Transcription:

Tauf=Schein \ Katharina Glöckner \ Ist gebohren im Jahr 1817 d. 30ten September \ um 9 uhr Abends im Zeichen dem Zwilling in \ Meils Taunschip Centre Caunty im Staat \ Pennsylvania, Sie wurde getauft d. [blank] ten [blank] von Pfr. \ Keßler die Taufzeugen sind seine Eltern selbst \ wie folget [blank] die Eltern sind mir Namen Anthony \ Klöckner und dessen Ehefrau Sarah dem \ Georg Minnig seine Ehliche Tochter \

Translation:

Baptismal Certificate
Katharina Glöckner was born in the year 1817, the 30th September at 9 o’clock in the evening in the sign of Gemini in Miles Township, Centre County, in the state of Pennsylvania. She was baptized the [blank]th [blank] by Pastor Kessler. The sponsors are his parents themselves as follows [blank]. The parents are named Anthony Klöckner and his wife Sarah, Georg Minnig’s married daughter.

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 within a rectangular frame in the center of the document. It is surrounded by leafy stems of small flowers as well as large tulips. Daniel Otto was formerly known as the Flat Tulip Artist.

Associated Names: Otto, Daniel
Bibliography:

“Daniel Otto” 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. 588-592.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of birth
Region/County:Centre
City/Town/Township:Miles Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1820
Image Dimensions Width: 33 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 112
Creator Name: [Daniel Otto (c. 1770-1822)] - Decorator
[Daniel Otto (c. 1770-1822)] - Scrivener