The Acts of the Apostles = Nenni ele[r?]gil elekhankgup naga Lucasa untschi Patamarvos Gegegimatpannil

Alternate Title:

Nenni ele[r?]gil elekhankgup naga Lucasa untschi Patamarvos Gegegimatpannil

Contributor:

Luckenbach, Abraham, 1777-1854 (translator); Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899 (former owner)

Date:

1843

Description:

A translation in the Delaware language of the biblical book of Acts.

Language:

Delaware

Provenance:

Obtained by Daniel Garrison Brinton at the Delaware Indian reservation on the Thames River in Ontario, Canada, 1885 (ex libris stamp, f. 1r).

Subject:

Delaware language -- Texts; Indians of North America -- Languages; Delaware language

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Translations (documents); Texts

Physical Description:

84 leaves : paper; 187 x 112 (166 x 93) mm bound to 191 x 118 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r); the title in Delaware, Nenni ele[r?]gil elekhankgup naga Lucasa untschi Patamarvos Gegegimatpannil, appears as a caption title (f. 2r) and in an abbreviated form on the upper cover.; Foliation: Paper, 84; modern pencil foliation, lower right recto.; Binding: Late 19th-century quarter leather.; Origin: Probably written in New Fairfield, Ontario, ca. 1843 (note, f. 1r).; Delaware, with a title page in English.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection