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Giovanni Christoforo Amaduzzi
Alphabetum Brammhanicum seu Indostanum universitatis Kasi. 1771
19.0 x 2.0 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1055475
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A book published in Rome intended to aid missionaries in spreading the Christian doctrine in India. It includes transcriptions of the Lord's Prayer, the Ave Maria and the Apostles' Creed in Hindustani, written in kaithi script as used at the University of Benares. The missionary and Indologist Cassianus da Macerata Beligatti (1708-91) transcribed the characters for the publication.
Provenance
Acquired for the Royal Library by William Nicol at the sale of the Library of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guildford (1766-1827) on 9th Nov 1835: Lot 41.
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Measurements
19.0 x 2.0 cm (book measurement (inventory))
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