- Luther's Kleiner Catechismus, translated into Munsee
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- Indigenous Cultures
- Delaware / Lenape
- Print Culture in Indigenous North America
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- Creator:
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- Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
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- 16 unnumbered pages, 160 pages : fold. map, coat of arms ; 18 cm (8vo)
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- Book
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- Catechisms
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- Texts
- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
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- Stockholm : Tryckt vthi thet af Kongl. Maytt. privileg. Burchardi tryckeri af J.J. Genath f., 1696.
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- Lutheri Catechismus : öfwersatt på American-Virginiske språket.
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- Author:
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- Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
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- 1696-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- 1696
- Identifier:
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- ark:/88435/dc0r967f00g
- Edm rights:
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- No Known Copyright
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- Logical
- Description:
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- Luther's Kleiner Catechismus was translated into the Munsee language by Johan Campanius Holm on his arrival in New Sweden (Pennsylvania) in 1643. It was unprinted for 50 years, due to the decline in mission work among the Indians. -- cf. A.C. Repp, Luther's Catechism comes to America, ch. 1.
- Title page printed in red and black.
- Added engraved t.p.: "Catechismvs Lutheri lingva Svecico-Americana" under royal coat of arms signed: "Bl Br. inv.; E. Reitz, Sc."
- Signatures: "[a]"⁸ A-K⁸
- "Vocabularium Barbaro-Virgineorum additis passim locutionibus & observationibus historicis brevioribus ad linguae pleniorem notitiam"--Page 133 -160
- Original binding, mottled calf; in center the double C, monogram of Charles XI, enclosed by two branches supporting a crown.
- Princeton copy 1 WHS shelf-list has note: Binding, Swedish, 17th cent. (royal arms).
- Alternative:
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- Catechismus Lutheri lingua Svecico-Americana
- Luther's catechism in Indian
- References:
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- Sabin 42726.
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- Delaware
- Contents:
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- Fo̊rtalet. prelim. leaf, [3-9]--Catechismus (in Munsee and Swedish).--Oratio dominica lingua virginiana, ex Bibl. virgin. cantabrig. Nov. Angl. 1663.--Oratio dominica lingua caraibica, insularum american. Ex catechismo caraibico p. Raymundi Breton, Auxerrae, 1664.--Herrans bo̊o̊n.--Wålsignelse.--Vocabularium barbaro-Virgineorum Additis passim locutionibus & observationibus historicis brevioribus ad linguae pleniorem notitiam, anno MDCXCVI (classified vocabulary in Munsee and Swedish, with special t. p.)--Colloquia (in Munsee and Swedish)--De numerandi modo (in Munsee)--Vocabula mahakuassica (in Susquehanna or Minqua)--Modus supputandi Mahakuassorum.
- Uniform title:
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- Kleine Katechismus. Munsee & Swedish
- Translator:
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- Campanius Holm, Johan, 1601-1683
- Seller:
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- Campbell, William James, 1850-1931
- William J. Campbell Bookstore