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Gjon Buzuku (16th century) was an Albanian Catholic clergyman who wrote the first known printed book in Albanian. General info: Page from Buzukus Meshari Size: 105 KB Dimension: 420x582 pixels Source: Page scanned by Dori from the book Historia e Popullit Shqiptar, Vol. ... General info: Page from Buzukus Meshari Size: 105 KB Dimension: 420x582 pixels Source: Page scanned by Dori from the book Historia e Popullit Shqiptar, Vol. ... Meshari (Albanian for The Prayer Book) is the first book written in Albanian language. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ...

Gjon Buzuku was born in the Village of Ljare (Kraja) in Bar, Montenegro close to Northern Albania (Kraje is located on the Lake of Shkodra). He probably lived in or near Venice. There are claims that he was the bishop of two dioceses in north Albania or that he was a monk. Venice, (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) is the capital of the region of Veneto and the province of the same name in Italy. ... Two bishops assist at the Exhumation of Saint Hubert, who was a bishop too, at the église Saint-Pierre in Liège. ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... A monk is a person who practices asceticism, the conditioning of mind and body in favor of the spirit. ...

From March 22, 1554 to January 5, 1555 he wrote a translation of the Catholic missal into the Gheg dialect of Albanian. He published it as a book of 188 pages. The Apostolic Library in the Vatican holds the only known copy of the book. It is missing the frontispiece and the first 16 pages, which explains why the title and year of publication of the work are not known. March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... Events January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ... Missal, in the Roman Catholic Church, is a liturgical book containing all instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Masses throughout the year. ... Geg is a northern Albanian dialect. ... The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. ... In architecture, a frontispiece constitutes the elements that frame and decorate the main, or front, door to a building; especially when the main entrance is the chief face of the building, rather than being kept behind columns or a portico. ...

The book was discovered in 1740 by Gjon Nikollë Kazazi, the Albanian archbishop of Shkup. In other libraries there are three photocopies from the original, one of them in Tirana. In 1996, the librarians were not able to locate the book, which had been used in 1984 for the last time. Eqrem Çabej wrote a monograph on the book in 1968. Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... Skanderbeg Square (Photo by Marc Morell) Tirana (Albanian: Tiranë or Tirana) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

The place the book was printed is thought to be either Venice or Shkodër. Venice, (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) is the capital of the region of Veneto and the province of the same name in Italy. ... Ãœsküdar, a district of Istanbul, was also known as Scutari. ...

The book contains the liturgies of the main holidays. There are also texts of prayers and rituals and catechetical texts. Every page contains two columns. The initials are decorated. The grammar and the vocabulary are more archaic than in the Gheg text from the 17th century. The text is very valuable from the viewpoint of the history of language. The vocabulary is quite rich. The archaic text is easily read due to the circumstance that it is mainly a translation of known texts, in particular the Bible. Most of the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John were translated in the book. It also contains passages from the Psalms, the Book of Isaiah, the Book of Jeremiah, the Letters to the Corinthians, and many illustrations. The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. ... Codex Manesse, fol. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... The word Bible refers to the canonical collections of sacred writings of Judaism and Christianity. ... The Gospel of Matthew (literally, according to Matthew; Greek, Κατά Μαθθαίον or Κατά Ματθαίον) is one of the four Gospel accounts of the New Testament. ... The Gospel of Luke is the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament, which tell the story of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. ... The Gospel of John is the fourth gospel in the canon of the New Testament, traditionally ascribed to John the Evangelist. ... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ... The Book of Isaiah (Hebrew: Sefer Yshayah ספר ישעיה) is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, believed to be written by Isaiah[1]. // The 66 chapters of Isaiah consist primarily of prophecies of the judgments awaiting nations that are persecuting Judah. ... Bold text The Book of Jeremiah, or Jeremiah (יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirmiyahu in Hebrew), is a book that is part of the Hebrew Bible, Judaisms Tanakh, and later became a part of Christianitys Old Testament. ... The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a book of the Bible in the New Testament. ...

The orthography is peculiar. The Latin alphabet with some additional letters is used. The consequent character of orthography and grammar seems to indicate an earlier tradition of writing. The orthography of a language is the set of symbols (glyphs and diacritics) used to write a language, as well as the set of rules describing how to write these glyphs correctly, including spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ...

In Albanian, the book is known as Meshari (The Missal). All we know about the author is from the book's colophon written by Buzuku himself in Albanian. Language used is a pre-runner to the Official Gheg Albanian Language. However, it is clear that the dialect of Malezia e Madhe (The Black Mountains) was used. Even today one can hear words and expressions from Malezia older people that sound as if jumping from the pages of the missal. In publishing, a colophon describes details of the production of a book. ...

A publishing house in Priština is named after Gjon Buzuku. PriÅ¡tina, also spelled Pristina (Albanian: Prishtinë/Prishtina; Serbian: PriÅ¡tina/Приштина) is the capital and the largest city of Kosovo,Serbia. ...

External links

• The colophon in English
• The colophon in Albanian
• The whole text in Albanian
• A page from the book

 There is a gymnasium in Prizren called Gjon Buzuku