Formula e pagëzimit

The formula e pagëzimit (English: baptismal formula) is the first written document in Albanian retrieved. The document is dated November 8, 1462, and is contained in a pastoral letter written in Latin by Archbishop Pal Engjëlli.[1]

The sentence in Old Albanian is:

Un'te paghesont' pr'emenit t'Atit e t'Birit e t'Spertit Senit.

In modern Albanian it is: Unë të pagëzoj në emër të Atit, të Birit, e të Shpirtit të Shenjtë. In English it is: "I baptize thee in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit".[1]

The document is held in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, Italy, where it was discovered in 1915 by Romanian scholar Nicolae Iorga.[2]

Albanian scholar Xhevat Lloshi claims there were attempts to write Albanian in the 12th or 13th century.[3]

References

Janet Byron (1976). Selection among alternates in language standardization: the case of Albanian. Mouton. p. 36. Retrieved 17 May 2012. in Albanian is the short Catholic baptismal formula (Formula e pagezimit) of 1462.2 The formula is in Geg, and written in Roman script; it occurs within a pastoral letter, itself in Latin, of the Archbishop of Durres, Pal Engjelli
Academia Republicii Socialiste România, Academia Republicii Populare Romîne (1971). "Revue des Études Sud-est Européennes". Revue des études sud-est européennes. 9: 102. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
Xhevat Lloshi (1999). Handbuch der Südosteuropa-Linguistik. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 291. ISBN 978-3-447-03939-0. Retrieved 17 May 2012. The first attempts to write the albanian language are to found in the 12th - 13th centuries. It is understandable that the first documents may have been trade, economic, administrative and religious wrtitings compiled by low-rank clerics. A Dominican friar, Guillelmus Adae, knows as Father Brocardus, noted in a pamphlet he published in 1332 that "the Albanians have a language quite other than the Latin, but they use the Latin letters in all their books".

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[Byron1976-1] Janet Byron (1976). Selection among alternates in language standardization: the case of Albanian. Mouton. p. 36. Retrieved 17 May 2012. in Albanian is the short Catholic baptismal formula (Formula e pagezimit) of 1462.2 The formula is in Geg, and written in Roman script; it occurs within a pastoral letter, itself in Latin, of the Archbishop of Durres, Pal Engjelli

[2] Academia Republicii Socialiste România, Academia Republicii Populare Romîne (1971). "Revue des Études Sud-est Européennes". Revue des études sud-est européennes. 9: 102. Retrieved 2010-05-28.

[HinrichsBüttner1999-3] Xhevat Lloshi (1999). Handbuch der Südosteuropa-Linguistik. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 291. ISBN 978-3-447-03939-0. Retrieved 17 May 2012. The first attempts to write the albanian language are to found in the 12th - 13th centuries. It is understandable that the first documents may have been trade, economic, administrative and religious wrtitings compiled by low-rank clerics. A Dominican friar, Guillelmus Adae, knows as Father Brocardus, noted in a pamphlet he published in 1332 that "the Albanians have a language quite other than the Latin, but they use the Latin letters in all their books".