"Wanradt-Koell Catechism" (Estonian : Wanradti ja Koelli katekismus) is a partly preserved book, which is considered as the oldest printed source of Estonian language, as the oldest known examples of written Estonian originate in 13th-century chronicles. The book is compiled by clergymen Simon Wanradt and Johann Koell. The book was published in 1535 in Wittenberg. [1]
Book's excerpts was discovered in 1929 by historian Hellmuth Weiss. [1]
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