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PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/3/2004 1:04 PM (GMT -6)

Ephrata Cloister (PA)

My then fience brought me to visit the Ephrata Cloister in South Eastern Pennsylvania.

One thing that I remember that is in the "church" the only decoration was a HUGE German Fractur text from Scripture. Magnificent. It was all they had to look at in worship. No pictures.

But now I imagine them venerating Scripture as an icon of the Gospel. And I can identify with that finally.

PoW

PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/3/2004 1:07 PM (GMT -6)

PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/3/2004 1:17 PM (GMT -6)

might-be-don
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Posted 8/4/2004 2:12 AM (GMT -6)

and you didn't come and visit me. I'm only about an hour east of there.

peace, don

"Life is a gift from God, but the years have weight in them."
Terry Scott Taylor

PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/4/2004 3:15 AM (GMT -6)

1985.

(Do you live near "Intercourse, PA"; or does that put you in Paradise?)

might-be-don
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Posted 8/5/2004 2:15 AM (GMT -6)

quote:
Originally posted by PotOnWheel

1985.

(Do you live near "Intercourse, PA"; or does that put you in Paradise?)

I gathered by the pre-marriage reference that it was some time ago.

Although I visit "Intercourse, PA" on occasion, my wife says we can't live there.

peace, don

"Life is a gift from God, but the years have weight in them."
Terry Scott Taylor

PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/5/2004 3:57 AM (GMT -6)

I remain impressed by that big painted scripture passage I saw there. You can see it in the little picture of the big meeting space above in the first post.

I looked up FRAKTUR in Google, and found this (I'm going somewhere with this thread.):

quote:
..as outlined during a panel discussion at the ATypI conference in Leipzig, we feel that there are ways to “modernize” Fraktur for contemporary use, benefiting from its superior readability, but also its singular mood; others have already made attempts in this direction.

Frakture "reads" like pictures do, with power. And each piece of writing can carry an expressive mood, much as reading it aloud can.

Interesting.

My parents had a woodcut in Old English Script in their breakfast room. It was of 1 Corinthians 13.

PoW

PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/5/2004 4:01 AM (GMT -6)

Here is some expressive Fraktur.

Laika is an artist. He should try:

www.themicrofoundry.com/ss_fraktur2.html

PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/5/2004 4:05 AM (GMT -6)

Menno Simons commemorative

Beautiful! Flowing!

PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/5/2004 4:16 AM (GMT -6)

davidwheatcroft.com/shows.html

services.juniata.edu/library/special/contents.html

www.amishcountrylanes.com/Pages/ek26.shtml

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