Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Franklin and Marshall College, Oct. 2-22, 1987.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Fraktur / by Carol E. Faill -- Calligraphy and linguistics : a different look at the F&M Fraktur / by Curtis C. Bentzel -- Religious dimensions / by Robert G. Mickey -- Checklist.
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; ser. 2, v. 46
Notes
Illustrated lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and indexes.
Contents
Berks County: the center of it all -- Daniel Schumacher: a Fraktur artist of some note -- Henrich Otto, 1784 -- Friederich Krebs, August 4, 1790 -- Johann Valentin Schuller -- The greatest development of Fraktur writing, 1800-1835 -- Johann Ritter: a century of influence -- Conclusion: The last flickering -- Appendix 1. Fraktur artist who routinely made Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 2. Scriveners who routinely infilled Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 3. Berks Couny printers of Taussscheine in order by active dates -- Appendix 4. Translations.
Pennsylvania German Society ; Printed and bound by Centennial Printing,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
xviii, 301 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society; v. 31.
Notes
Published by the Pennsylvania German Society, Kutztown, Pennsylvania 19530 and distributed to its members as a benefit of membership for the calendar year 1997 (Volume XXXI), and as the agent for the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania 18073.
compiled by Frederick S. Weiser & Howell J. Heaney ; [photography by William B. Daub & Robert G. Hostetter ; translations by Larry M. Neff & Frederick S. Weiser].
