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5. Written Basque beyond religious texts

Basque was mostly used in the domain of religion, as it was the instrument that the Church used to reach ordinary people (usually Basque monolingual speakers). Thus, texts which deal with matters not related to religion are very scarce but very interesting, because they show different uses of the written language.

This section shows, among others, a selection of letters, verses and municipal decrees.

 

 

The letter written by a blacksmith from Bera (1674)
(AGN.Tribunales Reales, núm. 228596, 7r)

 

 

 

List of documents on exhibit in this section:

DOCUMENT
YEAR/CENTURY LOCATION
Juan Amendux’s epitaph XVI AGN, CODICES_L.4, fol. 26
Lazarraga’s manuscript End of 16th c. - beginning of 17th c. Biblioteca de Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea,
Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia / Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa, 091 PER ber
Letters by the blacksmith from Bera 1674 AGN, CONSEJO_REAL, N.228956, fol. 7 Ayuntamiento
Proclamation of Reille in Pamplona 1811 Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, AMP Órdenes y Circulares, leg. 5, n. 35