National Library of Sweden, N 74 Robin Böckerman manuscripta.se: A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/101704 CC BY 4.0 Sweden Stockholm National Library of Sweden National Library of Sweden N 74 g0p2nh3sdcbhv0sd 004959797 The Lord’s Prayer in 20 languages

Western paper

1(10+1) 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.

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.

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

Binding worn and torn at the corners.

16th century

Unknown origin and early provenance. The manuscript belonged to one Reinhold Westerberg who gave it to Karl August Nicander in .

Donated to the National Library by G. H. Mellin in .

 Biezais (1955) Kazakėnaitė (2024) Kazakėnaitė (2024) 1 The Lord’s Prayer in 20 languages Hebrew Pater noster: Variis linguis. Hebraice sic: Greek Graece sic sonat Latin Latine sic sonat German Pure Germanice sic dicas Hae fuerunt summae et principales Linguae in Orbe Terrarum Arabic Arabice vero sic sonat Armenian Armenice sic sonat Kipchak/Cuman Tartarice sic tinnit Turkish Turcice sic sonat Slavonic Sclauonice sic sonat Syriac Syriace sic sonat Latvian Liuonice sic sonat Finnish Finlandice sic se habet English Anglici sic tinnit Danish Danice Vero sic sonat Swedish Swedice sic tonat French Gallice autem sic sonat Spanish Hispanice sic tonat Italian Italice vero sic se habet Czech Bohemice sic patet Saami

Paper Watermarks visible centre page by the inner margin on most leaves. Motif similar to Piccard III, XVII, 673.

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

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.

In black ink by a 19th c. hand: Af Reinhold Westerberg till Karl Aug. Nicander Täckhammar 1835.

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.

First published

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