The
Journal of Byelorussian Studies
Vol. III,
No. 2
THE LANGUAGE OF THE KUCIEINA NEW TESTAMENT AND PSALTER OF
1652
by
H. Leeming
...From
the point of view of the philologist the great
interest of the Kucienia New Testament and Psalter lies in the
vernacular
material contained in the preface, the dedicatory poem, chapter
headings
and marginal commentary...written...in the vernacular language of 16th
and 17th-century Byelorussia, that is to say in the language spoken by
the educated classes...
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