Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; Roman print; Roman script
Language: English
Weiser Number: 400
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Maria Arndt \ daughter of Jacob and Maria Arndt, is born \ in the Borough of Manheim, \ in Lancaster County, Pennsyl- \ vania, on the 15th day of Jan= \ uary, 1830, and was Baptized \ by Mr. Hoffmeyer, on the 15th day \ of May, 1832: her sponsors were \ her own parents.

[in the circular frames in corners, starting in upper left]
Evang: \ MATHAEI \ XIX, \ 13-15
Evang: \ MATHAEI \ XVIII, \ 1-5 
Evang: \ JOHANNIS \ XVII – 24 
Evang: \ JOHANNIS \ 1-29

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H. Keyser 1841
Lith. de G. Engelmann
 

Category: Birth and Baptismal Certificate (Geburts und Taufschein)
Media Type: Lithographs
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-colored; hand-lettered; lithographed form. The main text in Roman script within a rectangular frame is in the center of the document. The bible citations within wreaths are in the four corners. The main text is flanked by an image of Jesus on the cross on the left, and Jesus rising up to heaven on the right. In the upper center is an image of Jesus talking to the people. In the lower center is an image of several people being baptized by John.  For the birth and baptismal certificates of three of Alberty's siblings, see FLP 1204, 1205, and 1206.

Heinrich Keyser infilled six known copies of this printed Alsatian form in 1841, four of them for the Arndt family.  In 1845, he infilled two closely-related certificates, which were produced by an unidentified printer copying the Alsatian model.  See FLP 741 for an example of this form.

 

 

Associated Names: Keyser, Heinrich
Bibliography:

"Heinrich Keyser" 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. 1, pp. 441-442.

Klaus Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1998) vol. 6, pp. 168-169.

Secondary Place County: Geographic Coverage State/Province:France
Geographic Coverage Note:Based on location of lithographer and printshop
Geographic Coverage Region/County:Alsace

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of birth and scrivener's location
Region/County:Lancaster
City/Town/Township:Manheim Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1841
Image Dimensions Width: 26.8 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 559
Creator Name: Godefroy Engelmann (1788-1839) - Lithographer
Anonymous - Printer/Publisher
Heinrich Keyser (active c. 1810-1856) - Scrivener
Anonymous - Decorator