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From: Press Office <[email protected]> Subject: [NaFFAA_forum] OLDEST BOOK PRINTED IN THE PHILIPPINES PRESENTED AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS [1 Attachment] To: "Press Office" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:44 PM [Attachment(s) from Press Office included below] Philippine Embassy News Release 11 June 2009 OLDEST BOOK PRINTED IN THE PHILIPPINES PRESENTED AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 09 JUNE 2009 WASHINGTON DC – Mr. Daniel De Simone, curator of the Rosenwald Collection of the Library of Congress’ presents the Doctrina Christiana Asian Reading Room following a lecture on the significance of the book and its history. In his lecture, Filipino librarian and Phd candidate at the University of Toronto Von Totanes posited that Doctrina Christiana, printed in 1593 “is actually one of two published during that year in the archipelago.” Totanes argued that the importance of the imprints “lies in the fact that they are physical reminders of the plurality of the nature and culture of the Filipino and the Philippines, and that Filipino culture is what it is today because of contact with the Chinese, the Spanish and the Americans.” The lecture was co-sponsored by the Embassy of the Philippines, Library of Congress Asian Division Friends Society and the Library of Congress Asian American Association and is part of a month-long series of activities held to commemorate the 111th anniversary of Philippine Independence. END (Note: Photo attached as jpg file on this e-mail.) ------------ --------- ----- Reference: Consul Gines Gallaga Press and Information Officer Email: ggall...@cox. net Tel: 202-467-9432--------- --- Philippine Expressions Bookshop The Mail Order Bookshop dedicated to Filipino Americans in search of their roots. 2114 Trudie Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-2006, USA Tel (310) 514-9139 FAX (310) 514-3485 ---- "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. We have blazed the trail in promoting Philippine books in America. 2009 marks our 25th year of service to the Filipino American community. Mabuhay. ---- __._,_.___ Attachment(s) from Press Office 1 of 1 Photo(s) Doctrina09Jun09.jpg Messages in this topic (2) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FilipinoLibrarians?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
