''Abecedarium'' (Abecedary)—along with ''
Catechismus'' (
Catechism
A catechism (; from , "to teach orally") is a summary or exposition of Catholic theology, doctrine and serves as a learning introduction to the Sacraments traditionally used in catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adult co ...
)—is the first printed book in
Slovene.
It is an eight-leaf booklet for helping people learn the
alphabet
An alphabet is a standard set of letter (alphabet), letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters largely correspond to phonemes as the smallest sound segments that can distinguish one word from a ...
. The
protestant reformer Primož Trubar had it printed in 1550 in the
schwabacher
The German language, German word Schwabacher (pronounced ) refers to a specific style of blackletter typefaces which evolved from Gothic Blackletter#Textualis, Textualis (''Textura'') under the influence of Humanist minuscule, Humanist type desi ...
(Gothic script), and reprinted with some corrections in the Latin script in 1555 and 1566. An improved version of it was also printed by
Sebastjan Krelj in 1566. Both ''Abecedarium'' and ''Catechismus'' are significant in the development of Slovene.
History
Although it was for decades assumed that ''Catechismus'' was printed in Tübingen, new research has shown that it was most probably printed in 1550 by Peter Frentz in
Schwäbisch Hall.
Modern edition
''Abecedarium'' was published in October 2008 for the first time in modern Slovene. This scholarly edition includes both the Trubar-era Slovene and a translation into modern Slovene with scholarly notes. Similarly, ''Catechismus'' was published in October 2009, the other "first" Slovene book. The "Pridiga o veri" (Sermon on Faith) from ''Catechismus'' is available in Slovene, English, German, and Esperanto.
See also
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Abecedarium
An abecedarium (also known as an abecedary or ABCs or simply an ABC) is an inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order. Typically, abecedaria (or abecedaries) are practice exercises.
Non-Latin alphabet ...
References
External links
Trubar Forum website in English and Slovene - translating Trubar into modern Slovene!
Slovene-language books
1550 books
Cultural history of Slovenia
Alphabet books
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