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Birth Certificate of Jón Bjarnason

A historical handwritten document on aged, yellowed paper with elegant cursive script in dark ink. The text is written diagonally across the upper half of the page. In the lower right section, there is a red wax seal partially pressed onto the paper, suggesting it is an official or legal document. The page is otherwise blank, with slight creases and faint stains from age.

Image courtesy of the Icelandic Special Collections, University of Manitoba Libraries.

A historic handwritten Icelandic birth certificate for Jón Bjarnason, dated July 11, 1860.