History of Text Technologies

  The text that me and my partner had was a written document in French. As we analyzed the document we realized it was a parchment scroll circa 1300. This was a time when paper and handwriting was very prominent. This relates back to when we were talking about the different uses of parchment. Some of the uses were for correspondents, official records, books, and other entertainment options. Within the document that we were observing, we discovered that it had an illumination in the signature. To me that signified that the individual who wrote decided to put a little artistic freedom on the document. In addition, the document contained a huge whole in the middle of it, which relates back to the concept that parchment can be easily ruined when in the process of being made. The handwriting on the document was very neat and I was actually surprised when looking at it because I would have never thought that it would be that neat during this time in history. In reality since this was the...

All my  pictures except the last one was taking under the bridge where the Tallahassee Democrat building is located. The last picture was taken behind the tattoo shop Atlas on Mahan. 1.) It seems like it is someone's name and its is very detailed. 2.) Looks like some type of symbol the represent something to the artist. 3.) Looks like someone was tagging and marked their territory by putting his/her name. 4.) This piece looks like someone was representing their hood and let others know that they were there. 5.) This piece looks like it is the same person from picture three and he/she continue to mark his territory by putting his/her name but in a different design. 6.) someone writing their name in bubble letters. 7.) Someone named "Folir" tagging this pole. 8.) Same person and 5/3 9.) I do not know what is going on in this picture but it looked really cool. 10.) This is someone's name that starts with a z once again tagging this area.