Magdalena Landes Vorschrift, (painting).

Magdalena Landes Vorschrift, (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Magdalena Landes Vorschrift, (painting).

13 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.

"Herr Christ Der" is the title on the top of the fraktur. There are two flowers on either side of the fraktur that are colored in green, yellow, and red. Most of the lettering is in black, but the title is mostly red, yellow, green, and black. There is a German verse at the top, and at the bottom there is a German alphabet. On the left side is an inscription reading: "Diese Vorschrift Gerhorct Mir" "Magdalena Landesin."

Primitive -- Fractur

Homage -- Landes, Magdalena

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, P.O. Box 82, Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 Accession Number: 87-38-1

Gift of Keeler, Milton C., Perkasie, Pennsylvania March 31, 1977.

The fraktur was made Oct. 6, 1801 for Magdalena Landes of Bucks County.

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1988.

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