Since
Peter Waldo
Peter Waldo (; c. 1140 – c. 1205; also ''Valdo'', ''Valdes'', ''Waldes''; , ) was the leader of the Waldensians, a Christian spiritual movement of the Middle Ages.
The tradition that his first name was "Peter" can only be traced back to the f ...
's
Franco-Provençal
Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois or Arpitan) is a language within Gallo-Romance originally spoken in east-central France, western Switzerland and northwestern Italy.
Franco-Provençal has several distinct dialects and is separ ...
translation of the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...
in the late 1170s, and
Guyart des Moulins Guyart des Moulins was a medieval monk. He is famous for being the author of the first Bible translation in French, the '' Bible Historiale''.
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According to Alexis Paulin Paris, his name is written in "The Directory of manuscripts in ...
' ''
Bible Historiale
The Bible Historiale was the predominant medieval translation of the Bible into French. It translates from the Latin Vulgate significant portions from the Bible accompanied by selections from the ''Historia Scholastica'' by Peter Comestor (d. c. ...
'' manuscripts of the
Late Middle Ages
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, there have been innumerable vernacular translations of the
scriptures
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on the
European continent
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, greatly aided and catalysed by the development of the
printing press
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a printing, print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in wh ...
, first invented by
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (; – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and Artisan, craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable type, movable-type printing press. Though not the first of its ki ...
in the late 1430s.
Albanian
Arpitan
Avar
Bashkir
Basque
Belarusian
Breton
Bulgarian
Catalan
Chuvash
Cornish
Corsican
The translation of the Bible into
Corsican is the work of
Christian Dubois
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(2005).
A Bìbbia corsa
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References
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