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Oratio Dominica [polyglottos, polymorphos]. Nimirum, plus centum linguis, versionibus, aut characteribus reddita & expressa.

London: Dan. Brown... Chr. Bateman... & W. Innys, 1713

Physical Description: [8], 62, 61-62, 65-69, [1], 70-71 p. ; 20 cm. (4to)

Call number: DA713/ L866o

Accession number: 06-148

Notes: This “Lords prayer in above a hundred languages, versions, and characters” (half-title) includes versions in three Amerindian languages (p. 61-62, 3rd count): Mexicana [i.e. Nahuatl], with citations Meg. n. 47, Dur., p. 944, and Pist., n. 38 printed in margin (p. 61); Poconchi, with marginal citations Thom. Gage: p. 473 and Wilk, n. 48 (p. 61); and Virginiana, with marginal citations Wilk n. 49 and Bibl. Virgin. Can abrig. Nov. Angl. 1663 (p. 62). Includes author’s key to 15 bibliographical sources (p. [8], 1st count). An Additamentum (p. 70-71) consists of a table, printed in 4 columns, listing terms for pater in approximately 90 languages, including Mexican., Poconchi, and Virginian.

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Languages: Delaware language / Nahuatl / Pokomam / Pokonchi

Genre: Catechisms and Creeds

Region: North America