• Lutheri Catechismus : o̊fwersatt på American-Virginiske språket

Author:
  • Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Publisher:
  • Stockholm : Tryckt vthi thet af Kongl. Maytt. privileg. Burchardi tryckeri / af J. J. Genath / f., 1696.
Format:
  • Book
Date:
  • 1696
Extent:
  • 160 p. : fold. map ; 18 cm.
Spatial:
  • Delaware
Language:
  • Swedish
Contents:
  • Fo̊rtalet. prelim. leaf, [3-9]--Catechismus (in Delaware 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 Delaware and Swedish, with special t.-p.)--Colloquia (in Delaware and Swedish)--De numerandi modo (in Delaware)--Vocabula mahakuassica (in Susquehanna or Minqua)--Modus supputandi Mahakuassorum.
Description:
  • Title in red and black.
  • Added t.-p., engraved: "Catechismvs Lutheri lingva svecico-americana", under royal coat of arms.
  • Translated by John Campanius Holm.
  • Luther's Kleiner Catechismus was translated into the Delaware 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.
  • Original binding, mottled calf; in center the double C, monogram of Charles XI, enclosed by two branches supporting a crown.
  • Princeton copy 1 WHS copy acquired 12/12/13 from Wm. J. Campbell; inv. 804.
  • Princeton copy 1 WHS shelf-list has note: Binding, Swedish, 17th cent. (royal arms).
Bookseller:
  • Campbell, William James, 1850-1931
  • William J. Campbell Bookstore
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Subject:
  • Lutheran Church—Delaware—Catechisms and creeds
  • Delaware language—Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
  • Delaware language—Texts
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