The Lord's Prayer in 20 languages

16th century

paper

11 leaves

Latin

1 (ff. S2r–S11v) The Lord's Prayer in 20 languages

1.1 (f. S2r) Hebrew

Rubric: Pater noster: Variis linguis. Hebraice sic:

1.2 (f. S2v) Greek

Rubric: Graece sic sonat

1.3 (f. S3r) Latin

Rubric: Latine sic sonat

1.4 (f. S3v) German

Rubric: Pure Germanice sic dicas

Final rubric: Hae fuerunt summae et principales Linguae in Orbe Terrarum

1.5 (f. S4r) Arabic

Rubric: Arabice vero sic sonat

1.6 (f. S4v) Armenian

Rubric: Armenice sic sonat

1.7 (f. S5r) Tatar

Rubric: Tartarice sic tinnit

1.8 (f. S5v) Turkish

Rubric: Turcice sic sonat

1.9 (f. S6r) Slavonic

Rubric: Sclauonice sic sonat

1.10 (f. S6v) Syriac

Rubric: Syriace sic sonat

1.11 (f. S7r) Latvian

Rubric: Liuonice sic sonat

1.12 (f. S7v) Finnish

Rubric: Finlandice sic se habet

1.13 (f. S8r) English

Rubric: Anglici sic tinnit

1.14 (f. S8v) Danish

Rubric: Danice Vero sic sonat

1.15 (f. S9r) Swedish

Rubric: Swedice sic tonat

1.16 (f. 9v) French

Rubric: Gallice autem sic sonat

1.17 (f. 10r) Spanish

Rubric: Hispanice sic tonat

1.18 (f. 10v) Italian

Rubric: Italice vero sic se habet

1.19 (f. 11r) Czech

Rubric: Bohemice sic patet

1.20 (f. S11v) Saami

Physical Description

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, RCI

Support: Western paper

Leaf dimensions:

Textblock

Locus: ff. S1r–S11v

Support: Western paper

Leaf dimensions:

Collation

Signatures: 1(10+1)

Condition

Binding/Endleaves

LCI and RCI are both the verso of a leaf with writing in ink on the recto. However, the recto has been glued onto the cover. Glimpses of the text can be seen through the paper and at the edges where the glueing has come lose.

Textblock

Pages darkened and blotched, probably damaged by damp. Torn at the other corners. f. S11 more severly damaged with the verso so darkened that the text is very difficult to read.

Script

Textblock

Description:

Text written in dark brown ink in an unrefined script that varies in style from language to language. The lines are numbered with Arabic numerals (1-7). All languages are written down in the Latin alphabet. No abbrevations appear to be used.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top of page in brown ink by a 19th c. hand: Till Riksbibliotheket 1851 18/11 från G. H. Mellin; below in brown ink: N 68?; lower part of page written upside down in brown ink: 7 words with no obvious meaning, perhaps pen-trials.

Textblock

(f. S1r) In black ink by a 19th c. hand: ‘Af Reinhold Westerberg till Karl Aug. Nicander Täckhammar 1835’.

(f. S1v) Top of page, in brown ink by 19th c. hand: ‘Georg S? Bruno Banensis Pommeranus’; below this a line that is illegbile from fading or erasure.

Binding

Description:

19th century marbled cardboard binding. LCO, centre page in black ink: ‘S- på Tjugo Språk’; bottom left corner, National Library book label with current signum.

Binding dimensions: 200 × 170 × 5 mm

Condition: Binding worn and torn at the corners.