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Gott ist die Liebe fraktur fragment, 1786 [God is love]
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1) Hand-lettered, hand-decorated religious text. Incipit: "Got [Gott] ist die L[iebe] und wer in der Liebe bleibet, der bleibet in Gott" (God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God). Black ink, hand-lettered. Depicts birds and floral patterns. Document is a fragme...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania-German collection (#V80) |
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| Date: | 1786 |
| Dimensions: | 32.5 x 21.3 cm 13.5 x 11.8 cm |
| Box Number: | Box 2 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/12602 |
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2 items. 1) Hand-lettered, hand-decorated religious text. Incipit: "Got [Gott] ist die L[iebe] und wer in der Liebe bleibet, der bleibet in Gott" (God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God). Black ink, hand-lettered. Depicts birds and floral patterns. Document is a fragment, torn along right side. 2) Four adjecent heart-shapes, of which two are filled with religious text. Incipit: "Siehe ich komme als ein Dieb" and "So seyd [...]" Text in black ink, shapes decorated with colors. Pen-work done in the Ephrata Cloister, 1786, probably by Christina Fahnestock Lasche. Might have been used as house blessing. |
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