Catechismus and Abecedarium (first books printed in Slovene)
Catechismus y Abecedarium (primeros libros impresos en esloveno)
- Date
- 1550 · confidence high
- Place
- Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Credited to
- Primož Trubar
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
Two books published in Tübingen by the reformer Primož Trubar, a catechism and a primer. They are the first printed in Slovene and fixed a written language for the Reformation.
Printed in Tübingen by Ulrich Morhart because Trubar was in exile. The texts date from 1550 and the Abecedarium is considered the first Slovene reading book.
What it led to
- a Slovene literary language
- the Protestant translation of the New Testament into Slovene (1557-1582)