The 1869 Book of Mormon ยท A parallel reader
Read First Nephi in the Deseret with its Roman-alphabet companion.
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First Nephi
1869 edition
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This reader follows the 1869 Deseret Alphabet Book of Mormon, using First Nephi transcriptions in Deseret and SAMPA supplied by the Illinois Deseret Consortium.
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The Roman column is based on hand alignment of BoM69 with Roman text from the 1854 Liverpool edition, the most likely textual antecedent to BoM69. The IDCโs 2022โ2026 Deseret transcription supplies the text, capitalization, punctuation, paragraph numbers, and printed-page divisions. The reader does not modernize antiquated or unusual Deseret spellings.
Chapter and paragraph numbers follow BoM69. Running headers and line-wrap marks are omitted from the reading view. Select a printed-page link to open the corresponding scanned page at the Library of Congress.
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Starred forms most often identify phonologically anomalous spellings: they may differ from other spellings of the same word in comparable Deseret Alphabet publications (BoM69/D1B/D2B, 1868โ1869); depart from forms documented in Websterโs 1864 dictionary; or represent suspected typographic errors. Whether some of these forms instead reflect genuine differences in the pronunciation of BoM69โs editors, including Orson Pratt and Robert Lang Campbell, is a matter of ongoing research.
In a few cases, a star may identify a phonologically licit spelling that differs from the form in the 1854 Liverpool or another edition of the Book of Mormon. These cases, in particular, are not handled exhaustively.
Because the decision to flag an individual form involves editorial judgment, we do not presently attempt to reconstruct or assign a specific rationale for every starred form. This is especially relevant for low-frequency words, where there may be too few attestations to determine confidently which of two or more variant spellings should be treated as the anomalous form and therefore receive the star.
This reader uses Noto Sans Deseret for the display of Deseret text. Letterform warning: The Noto Sans glyph for Deseret Vee (SAMPA v) ๐ is not an authentic nineteenth-century Deseret letterform. More importantly, its shape closely resembles an attested nineteenth-century letterform of Deseret LONG E (SAMPA e) ๐, creating a real risk that readers will mistake one letter for the other.
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The Deseret Alphabet transcription of First Nephi presented in this reader is derived from ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ๐: ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ต๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ด [Dh Bรผk รดv Mormun: an akawnt ritn bฤซ dh hand รดv Mormun, upรดn plฤts tฤkn frรดm dh plฤts รดv Nฤfฤซ], translated by Joseph Smith, Jr. (1869, Russell Bros., New York), scanned by the United States Library of Congress and made available to the public at https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2017gen00612/?st=gallery . Neither the Illinois Deseret Consortium nor the United States Library of Congress is aware of any U.S. copyright or any other restrictions on ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ๐: ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ต๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ด [Dh Bรผk รดv Mormun: an akawnt ritn bฤซ dh hand รดv Mormun, upรดn plฤts tฤkn frรดm dh plฤts รดv Nฤfฤซ] (1869). The Deseret Alphabet text is transcribed here under fair use provisions.
Copyright for the Deseret Alphabet transcription presented in this reader is retained by the Illinois Deseret Consortium. This transcription is derived from a work in the public domain and represents creative work by its authors. Permission is granted for educational and personal use but not for publication.
Illinois Deseret Consortium. 2022โ2026. Deseret Alphabet transcription of ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ๐ [Dh Bรผk รดv Mormun] (1869), translated by Joseph Smith, Jr. Accessed <DATE>, from http://faculty.las.illinois.edu/rshosted/deseret.html .
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The Deseret Alphabet transcription of First Nephi presented in this reader is derived from ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ๐: ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ต๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ด [Dh Bรผk รดv Mormun: an akawnt ritn bฤซ dh hand รดv Mormun, upรดn plฤts tฤkn frรดm dh plฤts รดv Nฤfฤซ], translated by Joseph Smith, Jr. (1869, Russell Bros., New York), scanned by the United States Library of Congress and made available to the public at https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2017gen00612/?st=gallery. Neither the Illinois Deseret Consortium nor the United States Library of Congress is aware of any U.S. copyright or any other restrictions on ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ๐: ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ต๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ด [Dh Bรผk รดv Mormun: an akawnt ritn bฤซ dh hand รดv Mormun, upรดn plฤts tฤkn frรดm dh plฤts รดv Nฤfฤซ] (1869). The Deseret Alphabet text is transcribed here under fair use provisions.
Illinois Deseret Consortium. 2022โ2026. Deseret Alphabet transcription of ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ๐ [Dh Bรผk รดv Mormun] (1869), translated by Joseph Smith, Jr. Accessed <DATE>, from http://faculty.las.illinois.edu/rshosted/deseret.html.
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