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For what it is worth:
The term "Lotosblume" appears to be a poetic creation of the German writer Heinrich Heine, put to music by Robert Schumann around 1840. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Lotosblume Unlike "Lotosblüte" (= blossom) the term does not exist in the German dictionary (Duden). It was the time of the German version of the French and American revolution which eventually failed and prompted many Germans to emigrate in the 1850s. The alternative spelling "Lotus" appears to be legit although less common. www.fotoklaus.com 773.495.4600 > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:00:02 -0400 > From: elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Lotosblume > To: photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > At 6:26 PM -0400 7/20/14, James Schenken wrote: > >Emily, > > > >I thought that the most common old german type font was called > >Gotisch and that Fraktur and Schwabacher (Textur) were contemporary > >fonts. Gotisch is closest to the font created by Gutenberg for his > >first bible. Bear in mind I am neither a typographer nor an > >historical printing scholar. Just some thoughts. > > I suppose it depends on how you define contemporary. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur > -- > Emily L. Ferguson > mailto:elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 508-563-6822 > New England landscapes, wooden boats and races > http://www.landsedgephoto.com > HOT OFF THE PRESS! SAILING SEPIA IMAGES VOL II: > http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/elfpix > |
