Ein Brief so von Gott selbsten geschrieben und zu Magdeburg niedergelassen worden ist : Er war mit goldenen Buchstaben geschrieben, und von Gott durch einen Engel gesandt worden, wer ihn abschreiben will, dem soll man ihn geben, wer ihn verachtet, von dem weicht der Herr!

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Americana (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian life.

Jesus Christ.

Miracles.

Genre:

Broadsides -- United States -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)

Kaplan, Deanne (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 24 x 19 cm

Fingerprint:

3.n. esch nder t,s- (S) 18--? (Q)

Place of Publication:

[United States?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1800 and 1899?]

Summary:

A Himmelsbrief or Letter from Heaven. Earnest and Earnest note two main types: "Letters from God" (generally headlined "Ein Brief" or "A letter" and purporting to have been handed down at Magdeburg in 1783) and "Heavenly Letters" (generally headlined "Himmels-Brief" or "Heavenly Letter" and exhibiting greater textual variety). The latter were first printed in America ca. 1800 and the former somewhat later. Cf. Earnest and Earnest. Flying leaves and one-sheets, p. 232, 234.

Notes:

Broadside.

Area of text: 199 x 138 mm. Vertical chain lines.

Text concludes: Dieses ist geschehen zu Magdeburg, im Jahr 1783.

Local Notes:

Kaplan Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan.

OCLC:

910400599