tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post4058579892263792042..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: On a guide to decoding Jewish documents and letters (for merchants, you understand) from 1792Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-588294410941244742013-01-12T20:20:15.557-05:002013-01-12T20:20:15.557-05:00Hm? Roman typeface is also called galches, galloch...Hm? Roman typeface is also called galches, galloches, and galchish. Just like Fraktur.Mar Gavrielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-45457365679502401242013-01-10T17:37:41.278-05:002013-01-10T17:37:41.278-05:00Of course from "galach," of course. I wa...Of course from "galach," of course. I was trying to guess why call German writing "galachus," not even Latin is called that. The reason I suggested is because the German writing in Fraktur or Black-Letter resembled the Latin manuscript writing of the Middle Ages, and perhaps was therefore identified as "priestly," and hence the term. By the 18th century, Latin was typically written (or typeset) in the normal European (=Latin) alphabet, while German remained written and printed in Gothic.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-19702974021694380072013-01-10T17:30:44.314-05:002013-01-10T17:30:44.314-05:00> German script? גלחות, perhaps meaning "G...> German script? גלחות, perhaps meaning "Gothic." <<br />Perhaps from "galach" (priest)?MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881354246354816814noreply@blogger.com