Micmac Catholic prayers, circa 1825.

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Description

Title: Micmac Catholic prayers, circa 1825.
Contributor: Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
Published / Created: circa 1825
Abstract: Manuscript Catholic prayers and other religious texts in Micmac hieroglyphs, written in an unidentified hand. A few pages are annotated with interlinear transliteration in Micmac using the Latin alphabet.
Description: In Micmac.
Purchased from Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2015.
The Micmac (or Mi'kmaq) Indians are natives of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton, and Maine. Th
Extent: 1 item (20 p.) ; 32 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Mi'kmaq; Micmac

Format: text
Subject (Geographic): Canada--Religious life and customs
United States--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
Subject (Topic): Catholics--Canada
Catholics--United States
Indians of North America--Languages
Micmac Indians--Religion
Micmac language

Access: Public
Rights: This item has no known US copyright restrictions
Citation: Micmac Catholic Prayers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.