0
edits
no edit summary
(Inserted Image) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 25: | Line 25: | ||
The script was constantly changing. It is often possible, therefore, to date a document bases on the writing style. This applies to the overall look and to the individual letters. But the changes were not so different that a scribe in 1800 would have difficulty in reading a document written two hundred years earlier. | The script was constantly changing. It is often possible, therefore, to date a document bases on the writing style. This applies to the overall look and to the individual letters. But the changes were not so different that a scribe in 1800 would have difficulty in reading a document written two hundred years earlier. | ||
== Handwriting Examples == | == Handwriting Examples == | ||
In the following examples you will see both Gothic and Latin scripts. The scribe has written the names of parents and child in the Latin script, while the names of godparents are written in the Gothic script. | In the following examples you will see both Gothic and Latin scripts. The scribe has written the names of parents and child in the Latin script, while the names of godparents are written in the Gothic script. [[Common_Words_found_in_Scandinavian_Parish_Register|View common words found in Scandinavian parish registers.]] | ||
===== Parish Registers Pre - 1814 ===== | ===== Parish Registers Pre - 1814 ===== | ||
*[[Norway: Birth and Christening Pre - 1814|Birth and Christening]] | *[[Norway: Birth and Christening Pre - 1814|Birth and Christening]] | ||
| Line 55: | Line 55: | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | |||
*[[Norway: Confirmation Pre - 1814|Confirmation]] | *[[Norway: Confirmation Pre - 1814|Confirmation]] | ||