Alphabetum barmanum sev bomanum regni Avai finitimarumque regionum.

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Amaduzzi, Giovanni Cristoforo, 1740-1792, editor.
Carpani, Melchiorre, 1726-1797.
Catholic Church. Congregatio de Propaganda Fide.

Language(s)

Latin ; Burmese

Published

Romae : Typis Sacrae Congreg. de Propaganda Fide, MDCCLXXVI [1776]

Subjects

Burmese language > Burmese language / Alphabet > Burmese language / Alphabet / Early works to 1800.

Note

Acquisition made accessible thanks to the generous support of the Frederick J. and Margret L. Worden Endowment.
Acquired through the Dorthea H. Gilpin Trust Fund.
"Alphabetum Barmanorum ... Editio altera emendatior" prepared by Caetano Mantegazza, was published 1787.
Includes the Lord's prayer, the Ave Maria, the Apostles' creed, an antiphony of the Virgin Mary, and the Ten commandments in Burmese.
"Eiusdem idiomatis ... elementa accurate designata ad nos attulit elapso anno ... Melchior Carpanius."--Editor's preface.
Woodcut title vignette (seal of the Congregation); tail-pieces; initials.
Plate is numbered as page XLV on recto, but falls outside register.
First leaf (a1) is blank.
Signatures: a-b⁸ c⁶ A-B⁸ C¹⁰.
Title within ornamental border; text within different ornamental border.
Edited by Giovanni Cristoforo Amaduzzi.

Physical Description

xlv, [1], 51, [1] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustration ; 19 cm (8vo)

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