This article is part of the series “Put down your life's story in 52 weeks” in which I accepted the challenge of writing down snippets of my own life's story in 52 weeks. Questions 40-43 ... read more
Kurrent, Suetterlin and Fraktur all belong to the old German scripts
From what I've seen many people associate old German script with "Sütterlin" but that's just a part of it. Depending on time and area you'll have to deal with old German script in many forms, not to ... read more
Put down your life’s story in 52 weeks (35-39)
This article is part of the series “Put down your life's story in 52 weeks” in which I accepted the challenge of writing down snippets of my own life's story in 52 weeks. Questions 35-38 ... read more
Make your own Thorn Crust Ink for a medieval girdle book
Girdle books were in vogue about 400-600 years ago and still are unique and beautiful accessories to contemporary LARP or historical re-enactment events. In this posting I'll show you how to make ... read more
Put down your life’s story in 52 weeks (31-34)
This article is part of the series “Put down your life's story in 52 weeks” in which I accepted the challenge of writing down snippets of my own life's story in 52 weeks. Questions 31-34 ... read more
Terms and idioms in old German documents: pregnancy and birth
Old documents in Germanic speaking European areas often contain terms and idioms in multiple languages. Clerks and priests not only used the German language for a baptismal or burial entry for ... read more