A distinctive penmanship characterized by angular rather than rounded letter formation developed among the Schwenkfelders through their extensive copying of the theological treatises of their forebears. This script is the key to tying Lydia Kriebel’s birth record to a Schwenkfelder source. At the time of Lydia’s birth, Schwenkfelder spirituality rejected any form of baptism; the record of her birth made twenty years later does not mention it.

Stacy C. Hollander, "Birth Record for Lydia Kriebel," exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.