Item No: frk00333

Title:
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (The Gate is Narrow [Die Pforte is Enge])

Category:
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift)

Creators:
Decorator: Anonymous
Scrivener: Anonymous

Creation Place:
State/Province: Pennsylvania
Note: Based on design characteristics

Creation Date: 1856

Physical Description: Leaf

Dimensions: 21 cm x 33.8 cm

Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink

Media Type: Manuscripts

Language: German

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The first three words in prominent letters are in the upper portion of the document. The initial letters are particularly elaborate. The remainder of the text is below it, divided into three sections by stems of flowers and enclosed within a rectangular decorative frame. A bird is in the upper center.

Transcription:

Die Pforte Ist \ Inge und der Weg is schmal der zum leben fu \ hret und wenig ihrer die Ihn finden im Evangelisten Matthäi Cap 7 Vers 14
Wie ein vogel lieblich singet, In dein Feld \ und grünen wald, Daß es in der Luft \ erklinget, Und im ganzen wald erschalld, Also, Gott, \ auch mein gemüth, Dankt dir Früh Für dei \ ne güt, Und erkennt dein grosse treue, Die all \ morgen ist ganz neue. 1856

Translation:

The gate is narrow and the path is tight that leads to life and few are there that will find it in the Evangelist Matthew 7:14.
As a bird lovely sings in your field and green forest, that it rings in the air and echoes in the whole forest, likewise, God, my mind thanks you early for your goodness, and acknowledges your great faithfulness, which is new every morning. 1856.

Provenance:
Henry S. Borneman

Weiser Number: 961

Subjects:

• Animals
• Bible. N.T. Matthew
• Biblical verses
• Birds
• Flowers

Source:
Rare Book Department