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Es stehe Gott auf fraktur writing sample, 1798 [Let God Arise]

Permanent ID:
12621
Date:
February 7 1798
Inscription:
Witing exercise (Vorschrift). Incipt: Es stehe Gott auf dass seine freinde zerstreuet werden [Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered]. Hand-lettered, hand-colored, hand-decorated.
Below top two lines are written in cursiv fraktur.

Document signed and dated in lower left corner. Transcription: Jacob Gerly. Seine Vorschrift [His Prescript]. February 7th 1798, Coventry.

Lower right part of document displays cursiv capital and lower case letters of the alphabet.

Manuscript document. Language: German and English.
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
Format:
Manuscripts
Dimensions:
Width: 30.5 cm, Height: 20 cm (image)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania-German collection
Related Person or Organization:
Gerly, Jacob (relates to)