Gothic Script

Alphabet created by Visigothic bishop Ulfilas in the 4th century based on the Greek alphabet for Bible translation. The Codex Argenteus — the Ulfilas Bible beautifully copied in silver ink on purple parchment in the 6th century — is the oldest literary record in any Germanic language, now preserved at Uppsala University in Sweden. Gothic preserves early forms of the Germanic language family, making it a key source for studying the common ancestor of English, German, and the Nordic languages.