scrisori

Scrisori are the Romanian plural of scrisoare, meaning letters or written communications. The term encompasses personal correspondence, as well as official or diplomatic letters, and can refer to any historical form of messages exchanged between individuals, organizations, or institutions.

Traditionally, scrisori were handwritten on paper and delivered by mail. Common formal properties include a datestamp, a place of writing, a salutation (for example, Dragă X), a body, a closing phrase and signature. Informal letters may omit certain conventions. Styles vary by register, from intimate to formal, and may use envelopes, seals, and sometimes decorative elements in the past.

Letters have played a central role as a means of long-distance communication before telephony and later electronic mail. They are valuable historical sources for personal, economic, and political life, and they have given rise to epistolary literature, where a narrative unfolds through letters exchanged between characters.

With the advent of typewriters, computing, and email, traditional scrisori declined in everyday use, replaced by electronic messages. Yet printed letters remain in circulation for personal keepsakes and formal documentation, and many archives preserve historic correspondence. Privacy, authentication, and preservation considerations apply to both physical letters and digital communications.