Collection:
Fraktur
Item No:
frk00105
Title:
The flowers are standing here (Die Blumen stehen hier)
ShelfMark:
FLP 105
Category:
Religious Text
Creators:
- Martin Godshall (1797-1870) - Decorator
- Martin Godshall (1797-1870) - Scrivener
Creation Place:
Town/Township: [Franconia]
County: [Montgomery]
State/Province: [Pennsylvania]
Note: Based on artist's location
Creation Year:
1835
Physical Description:
Leaf
Image Dimensions:
33 cm x 24 cm
Material:
Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Media Type:
Manuscripts
Language:
German
Scripts/Text:
Fraktur
Associated Names:
Godshall, Martin; Gottschall
Transcription:
Die Blumen stehen heer \ Gepflanzet auf Papier, Gott \ wolle selbst sie mahlen, Beygies \ sen und bestrelen, das Herz sey \ seine Erd. Und iedes \ Blümlein werd zur \ wahrheit kraft und \ wesen. In allen \ die sie lessen \ 1835
[on bottom]
M. Godshall 1835
Translation:
The flowers are standing here planted on paper; God himself wanted to draw, water and illuminate them; the heart shall be his soil. And every little flower shall turn into truth, power and knowledge, in all those who are reading them. 1835.
[on bottom]
M. Godshall 1835
Provenance:
Bibliography:
“Martin Gottschall” 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. 325-326.
Mary Jane Lederach Hershey, This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836 (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2003), pp. 146-153.
Notes:
Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text is within a heart in the center of the document. From it protrudes a face, as well as leafy flowers. Two large birds are perched on its top. Two female figures are in the lower corners. A variety of ornaments, with a small face, is between them. Additional ornaments, also with faces are in the two upper corners. The entire document is framed by a border.
The faint initials J.D.S. in the bottom left corner were made by John Derstine Souder (1865-1942), a Mennonite historian and fraktur researcher.
Source:
Rare Book Department
Subjects:
