The Book of Mormon in Deseret
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BOK.NAM.1869AD.1
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Title |
The Book of Mormon in Deseret
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Description |
A copy of the Book of Mormon translated into the Deseret language. An instructional chart on how to read Deseret can be found on the first page.
The Deseret language was an effort made by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who settled in the Salt Lake Valley to "alleviate the problem of non-communication... created by the great influx of foreign speaking Saints" who immigrated there. The general idea was to create a hieroglyphic alphabet based on English grammar where each character represented an unchanging sound. It was "developed and encouraged by the Prophet Brigham Young and a few followers," but failed to achieve permanence in the community. It eventually died off "with Brigham Young in 1877," but is still used today by some scholars of Church history (Wintersteen). * * * Wintersteen, Larry Ray. A History of the Deseret Alphabet. Electronic version. Brigham Young University, 1970. |
Date Created |
1869 AD
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Publisher |
Published for the Deseret University by Russell Bros.
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Audience |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Geographical Coverage |
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Temporal Coverage |
19th Century
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Format |
Print
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Collecting Areas |
History of Writing Collection See all items with this value
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Language |
Deseret
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Provenance |
Ex libris on the verso side of the front cover. Coat of arms with "Schwendiman" underneath. "Library of Fred W. Schwendiman" under the coat of arms.
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Subject |
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Type |
Scripture
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Bibliographic Citation |
The Book of Mormon in Deseret. New York: Published for the Deseret University by Russell Bros., 1869.
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