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Cutanākiyacaruvecuranāyirukkir ecukkirivakku naratarranavar.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection BS315 .T35 1715
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Bible. New Testament. Tamil. 1715.
- Language:
- Tamil
- Penn Provenance:
- Evans, Thomas Wiltberger, 1823-1897 (donor)
- Langlès(?) (autograph, August 1809)
- Maisonneuve et Cie., éditeurs (label)
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 494, 176 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 25 cm (4to)
- Place of Publication:
- Tranquebar : Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, 1714 [that is, 1715]
- Language Note:
- In Tamil.
- Notes:
- The earliest edition of the New Testament printed in an Indian language.
- Translated by Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg and revised by him with Johann Ernst Gründler. Cf. Darlow & Moule.
- Title page in Tamil, dedication in Tamil and German to King Frederick IV of Norway and Denmark, dated Tranquebar 25. Sept. 1714.
- Printing completed in 1715. Cf. Darlow & Moule.
- Signatures: pi⁴ A-N⁴ O² P-U⁴ W⁴ X⁴ Y² Z-2N⁴ 2O² 2P-3Q⁴ [3R]²(-[3R2]), ²A-Y⁴ [Z]² (leaf 3B4 blank).
- Text divided into two parts: [1.] Matthew-Acts; [2.] Romans-Revelations.
- Printed in double columns.
- Cited in:
- Darlow & Moule 9096
- OCLC:
- 78441798
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