Doppel-Band 4/5 der Faksimile-Reihe der "Biblia Lithuanica"

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Stephan Kessler
• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: Funded in 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 236271609

Financial assistance is asked for printing the 2-in-1 volume 4/5 affiliated with the facsimile edition of the so-called Bretke’s Bible (i.e. the translation of Luther’s Bible into Lithuanian, 8 volumes in handwriting, be written in Königsberg and Labiau between 1570 and 1590; now records of GStA PK in Berlin). By publishing this 2-in-1 volume, the facsimile edition of Bretke’s Bible would be completed. Therefore, a main source of the old Lithuanian language as well as an unique cultural monument regarding Prussia of the 16th c. would be opened up.

• DFG Programme: Publication Grants