{"id":159488,"date":"2015-04-12T09:58:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T09:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/04\/12\/ultrafacts-onfim-was-a-child-who-lived-in\/"},"modified":"2018-09-09T06:33:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T06:33:29","slug":"ultrafacts-onfim-was-a-child-who-lived-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/04\/12\/ultrafacts-onfim-was-a-child-who-lived-in\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-159488 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/04\/12\/ultrafacts-onfim-was-a-child-who-lived-in\/attachment\/159489\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko1_r2_500-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko1_r2_500-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko1_r2_500-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko1_r2_500-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko1_r2_500.png 497w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/04\/12\/ultrafacts-onfim-was-a-child-who-lived-in\/attachment\/159490\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko2_r2_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko2_r2_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko2_r2_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/04\/12\/ultrafacts-onfim-was-a-child-who-lived-in\/attachment\/159491\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko3_r2_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko3_r2_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko3_r2_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/04\/12\/ultrafacts-onfim-was-a-child-who-lived-in\/attachment\/159492\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko4_r2_1280-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko4_r2_1280-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tumblr_n0duyncula1rhavdko4_r2_1280-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ultrafactsblog.com\/post\/75393464962\/onfim-was-a-child-who-lived-in-novgorod-russia\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">ultrafacts<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Onfim\" target=\"_blank\">Onfim<\/a><\/b> was a child who lived in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Veliky_Novgorod\" title=\"Veliky Novgorod\" target=\"_blank\">Novgorod<\/a>, Russia, in the 13th century. He left his notes and homework exercises scratched in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birch_bark_manuscript\" title=\"Birch bark manuscript\" target=\"_blank\">soft birch bark<\/a> (<i>beresta<\/i>)\u00a0which was preserved in the clay soil of Novgorod.\u00a0Onfim, who archaeologists believe was six or seven at the time, wrote in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Novgorodian_dialect\" title=\"Old Novgorodian dialect\" target=\"_blank\">Old Novgorodian<\/a>; besides letters and syllables, he <\/p>\n<p>drew battle scenes and drawings of himself, his family, and his teacher.<\/p>\n<p> <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldschp.net\/SIG\/onfim\/onfim.html\" target=\"_blank\">[x]<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of him as a knight stabbing someone.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/6eff8163f54aa2683629885dd2f97309\/tumblr_inline_nmm0scYs6P1rxwfvw_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/cf4ac14f1bacfeda36c4df70b379f93b\/tumblr_inline_nmm0snqVHF1rxwfvw_540.gif\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>(At least, he wrote his name next to the knight. Either it was supposed to be him or he was signing his masterpiece. Either way, still adorable.)<\/p>\n<p>Several pictures of the original birch pieces can be found here:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/NspIH\" target=\"_blank\">[x]<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Onfim\" target=\"_blank\">(Fact Source)<\/a> For more facts,<b> <a href=\"http:\/\/ultrafacts.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">follow<\/a><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/ultrafacts.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b> Ultrafacts<\/b><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ultrafacts: Onfim was a child who lived in Novgorod, Russia, in the 13th century. He left his notes and homework exercises scratched in soft birch bark (beresta)\u00a0which was preserved in the clay soil of Novgorod.\u00a0Onfim, who archaeologists believe was six or seven at the time, wrote in Old Novgorodian; besides letters and syllables, he drew &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/04\/12\/ultrafacts-onfim-was-a-child-who-lived-in\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[261,754,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159493,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159488\/revisions\/159493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}