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The heart of the Taufschein : Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania / Corinne Earnest and Russell Earnest.
- Title
- The heart of the Taufschein : Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania / Corinne Earnest and Russell Earnest.
- Author
- Earnest, Corinne P.
- Publication
- Kutztown, Pa. : Published by the Pennsylvania German Society, c2012.
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- Description
- ix, 302 p. : col. ill., facsims., maps; 29 cm.
- Summary
- The Heart of the Taufschein offers the first in-depth interpretive history of the Taufschein (birth and baptism certificate), the most numerous and, to many because of its genealogical value, the most important type of fraktur. Berks County arguably became the center of Taufschein production in North America. ... In this volume the Earnests, the leading authorities on fraktur, trace the development of the Taufschein beyond Berks County into southeastern Pennsylvania and colonial America as the surge in demand for these works of art on paper followed the successful outcome of the American Revolution. The authors follow the history and expansion of the market from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.--Dust jacket.
- Series Statement
- Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; ser. 2, v. 46
- Uniform Title
- Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001) ; v. 46.
- Alternative Title
- Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Subject
- Fraktur art > Pennsylvania > Berks County
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch
- Illumination of books and manuscripts > Pennsylvania > Berks County
- Folk art > Pennsylvania > Berks County
- Birth certificates > Pennsylvania > Berks County
- Baptismal certificates > Pennsylvania > Berks County
- Pennsylvania Dutch > Pennsylvania > Berks County > Social life and customs
- Berks County (Pa.) > Social life and customs
- Note
- Illustrated lining papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Berks County: the center of it all -- Daniel Schumacher: a Fraktur artist of some note -- Henrich Otto, 1784 -- Friederich Krebs, August 4, 1790 -- Johann Valentin Schuller -- The greatest development of Fraktur writing, 1800-1835 -- Johann Ritter: a century of influence -- Conclusion: The last flickering -- Appendix 1. Fraktur artists who routinely made Taußscheine (Taufscheine) for Berks County families -- Appendix 2. Scriveners who routinely infilled Taußscheine (Taufscheine) for Berks County families -- Appendix 3. Berks County printers of Taußscheine (Taufscheine) in order by active dates -- Appendix 4. Translations.
- ISBN
- 9780911122633
- 091112263X
- LCCN
- ^^2012939530
- OCLC
- 826122759
- SCSB-11049300
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library