19th Century Finnish Penmanship Book

[Mangrove]

I copied these from a book, or more a booklet, preserved at the The National Library of Finland; Akiander, M. 1851. Kirjoittamisen alku-oppi. J. C. Frenckell, Helsinki. Dimensions are 235mm by 116 mm (9 1/4" x 4 1/2"). The price on the cover is labeled to twenty silver kopecks which is around three euro or four dollars in 2009. Notice the alternative version of minuscule "s".

 

1. The Cover.

 

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2. Minuscules

 

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3. Majuscules.

 

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4.1. "Mouth is the interpreter of heart".

4.2. Truth will out.

4.3. "New debt even in old (age)".

4.4. Lie like a rug.

 

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[vidalia11]

Beautiful!! It's what I would call Copperplate.

 

Karen

[jbb]

Beautiful!! It's what I would call Copperplate.

 

Karen

Beautiful indeed! I would have called it Spencerian. Maybe I don't know the difference between Copperplate and Spencerian writing. What is the difference???

 

[vidalia11]

Beautiful!! It's what I would call Copperplate.

 

Karen

Beautiful indeed! I would have called it Spencerian. Maybe I don't know the difference between Copperplate and Spencerian writing. What is the difference???

 

Copperplate has more line shading with hairline/thick contrast than Spencerian. Also, Spencerian was American writing and I don't know whether Finland had it (just a thought, I have no idea).

 

Karen

Edited March 4, 2009 by vidalia11

[Bart]

Interesting. The handwriting I learned in Poland in the 1970's is substantially the same, minus the shading. Pan-Northeastern-European?

[Frits B]

More or less the same script was taught in Holland, minus the long s - that disappeared around 1900 (it was a relic from earlier scripts anyway).