| Kalmyk Old-Script Documents of Isaac Jacob Schmidt 1800-1810: Todo Biciq Texts, Transcription, Translation from the Moravian Archives at Herrnhut Contributor(s): Krueger, John R. (Editor), Service, Robert G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3447044594 ISBN-13: 9783447044592 Publisher: Harrassowitz OUR PRICE: $60.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 494.2 |
| LCCN: 2002549806 |
| Physical Information: 215 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The present collection of some eighty old Kalmyk-script notes and letters has lain almost unknown in the Moravian Unitas Fratrum (United Brethren) Archives for nearly 200 years. They are requests made to the young Isaac Schmidt (later to become the foremost scholar of Mongolian, but then manager of the general store in Sarepta), among the German colonists in Southern Russia amidst the Buddhist-Kalmyk herdsmen. The texts include simple goods orders as well as letters from Prince Erdeni Taishi and his sister Tsebeq, touching on commercial, administrative and military matters. |