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In the 13th century a schoolboy named Onfim, perhaps bored during class, started doodling on his birch bark. He drew himself as a warrior & as "A WILD BEAST" and scribbled a greeting to his friend Daniel. These are his drawings, unearthed by archaeologists near Novgorod, Russiapic.twitter.com/eBybtaciTv
A fragment w/ alphabet practice from the Cairo Geniza, a collection of 300,000+ medieval documents written in Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic & more
Might have been made by a child or an adult learning to write. There appears to be a doodle of a camel & rider(?), too.
Via @PiersatPennpic.twitter.com/Rg6iip3sTZ
This 12th century engraving on slate from Dublin, probably depicting a knight on horseback, may have been made by a "child scholar" practicing an equestrian seal https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/1025/1085614-research-sheds-new-light-on-12th-century-graffiti/ …pic.twitter.com/CM5zh83oRG
And more! He was prolific. Collection available here: http://gramoty.ru/birchbark/document/filter/?conditionalDateInitialYear=1020&conditionalDateFinalYear=1500&category%5B%5D=6 …pic.twitter.com/uBZV8BEa5p
I made a video on Onfim and the birchbark letters if anyone is curious. They imply literacy was common in medieval Novgorod. Other interesting ones include love letters, crime reports, and the earliest written form of Finnish and known use of obscenity.https://youtu.be/GITsnKSdVFI
I makes a certain sense that novogrod would have higher than average litteracy, as it was a merchant republic something like those found it Italy.
At the very least, this should revive the name Onfim
If it puts a stake in the heart of "Aiden" (all 47 alternative spellings and 179 variations beginning with a consonant or dipthong included), it will have done society a great service.
I was JUST trying to find drawings done by children pre-1880. I was wondering about what artistic development/education looked like in times when it was a pastime of gentlefolk. Is this research of yours? Do you know where I’d be able to find more?
These are known as birch bark letters, found across northern Russia, often in the former Novgorod Republic due to high literacy rates there. Onfim is the most well-known author, but there is a virtual archive of all the letters. http://gramoty.ru/birchbark/document/list/ …
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