Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German; Latin
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

[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.

[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. In the center of the fraktur is an apple. On the left 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. The apple can be lifted up to reveal additional images and text (see FLP 663f).

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