''Leyen Spiegel'' is a two-volume book of sermons, with parallel texts in Estonian and German. It was written by

Heinrich Stahl Heinrich Stahl (circa 1598/1600 Tallinn – 17 April 1657 Narva) was a Baltic-German prelate who worked in Estonia. He is mostly known by his first grammar of Estonian language. In 1617 he entered in Rostock University. In 1621 he continued its ...

and published in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

in 1641 and 1649. It is one of the oldest complete Estonian language books to survive. An original copy is held in the

National Library of Estonia The National Library of Estonia ( et, Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu) is a national public institution in Estonia, which operates pursuant to the National Library of Estonia Act (). It was established as the parliamentary library () of Estonia on Decembe ...

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Estonian literature 1641 books 1649 books 17th century in Estonia History of Tallinn {{Estonia-stub