Pennsylvania German Fraktur

Later, in the nineteenth century, other schoolmasters took up the art and designed bookplates for printed hymnals, Testaments, and other devotional books. In this way, and due to Dock’s influence, fraktur flourished in this community. “These vibrant treasures were cherished by the children, safeguarded in family Bibles, and passed from one generation to the next.” The colorful illuminated fraktur are now housed in the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.

Resources:

Mennonite Heritage Center. Article about Christopher Dock:
http://www.mhep.org/fraktur.htm

Pennsylvania Dutch Fraktur Gallery:
http://home.att.net/~fraktur/

Practicing Fraktur Artist Geraldine Knock-Paul:
http://www.frakturfolk.com/aboutme.htm

Fraktur and German Script:
http://www.asherwin.com/frakturscript.ht...

Fraktur Folk Art:
http://antiquesandthearts.com/archive/fr...

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