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== Gothic Handwriting == | == Gothic Handwriting == | ||
''See the tutorials in the FamilySearch Learning Center on [https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/ | ''See the tutorials in the FamilySearch Learning Center on [https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/lessons/scandinavian-handwriting "Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records".]'' | ||
Gothic handwriting was not called such until the last half of the 1800s. Earlier it was customary to call it Danish or Norwegian script. But when the modern handwriting, Latin script, became the national script then the old script had to be called something else. | Gothic handwriting was not called such until the last half of the 1800s. Earlier it was customary to call it Danish or Norwegian script. But when the modern handwriting, Latin script, became the national script then the old script had to be called something else. | ||
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That which came to be called Gothic script is a rather narrow and angular script which was in use from the end of the 1200s to the end of the middle ages. Many of the same strokes are again found in the newer Danish or Norwegian handwriting. Therefore it was not unnatural that this later handwriting was also named Gothic. To prevent confusion it is now usual to call the Gothic script from the middle ages older Gothic script. The later script is then called the newer Gothic script. It was developed in Germany as the foundation of the older writing of the early 1500s and came to Norway a few decades later. | That which came to be called Gothic script is a rather narrow and angular script which was in use from the end of the 1200s to the end of the middle ages. Many of the same strokes are again found in the newer Danish or Norwegian handwriting. Therefore it was not unnatural that this later handwriting was also named Gothic. To prevent confusion it is now usual to call the Gothic script from the middle ages older Gothic script. The later script is then called the newer Gothic script. It was developed in Germany as the foundation of the older writing of the early 1500s and came to Norway a few decades later. | ||
For a images of common words found in Nordic parish registers see [[Common Words Found in Nordic Parish Registers]]. | |||
[[Image:Scandinavian Words in Marriage records.jpg|thumb|left]] | [[Image:Scandinavian Words in Marriage records.jpg|thumb|left]] | ||
===Transkribus=== | |||
'''[https://readcoop.eu/transkribus Transkribus]''' is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool trained on historic script. Watch the instructional video on the website for details on how to use this tool for a rough transcription of documents.<br> | |||
''Note: This tool is AI, and can regularly make mistakes. Transcriptions obtained through Transkribus should be taken with a grain of salt, and always double-checked by a handwriting expert.'' | |||
== History of Handwriting in Norway –800 to 1600 A.D. == | == History of Handwriting in Norway –800 to 1600 A.D. == | ||
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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*See [[Scandinavian Handwriting Examples|this article]] for examples of Scandinavian handwriting. | |||
*[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/en/FamilySearch/Handwriting/ScandinavianGothic/Lesson_1/GothicAlphabetsamples%20.pdf Scandinavian Gothic Alphabet Samples] | |||
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