Abecedarium (Trubar)

Abecedarium
Cover
The front (first) page of the first edition
AuthorPrimož Trubar
LanguageSlovene
Genreprimer
Published1550 by Peter Frentz
Publication placeHoly Roman Empire
Pages8 leaves

Abecedarium (Abecedary)—along with Catechismus (Catechism)—is the first printed book in Slovene.[1] It is an eight-leaf booklet for helping people learn the alphabet. The protestant reformer Primož Trubar had it printed in 1550 in the schwabacher (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.[1]

  1. ^ a b Drake, Miriam A. (2003). Encyclopedia of library and information science. CRC Press. p. 2080. ISBN 0-8247-2079-2.