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S.V.D. PUBLICATIONS PRINTED IN SHANDONG (1882–1950)

On this website, the Monumenta Serica Institute library provides information on several publications printed by the S.V.D. missionary presses in Shandong which are now available as digital copies (PDF). The digitalization of these publications is an on-going project which aims at making them more accessible for research. Scholars and students interested in researching one of the publications listed below are kindly asked to contact the Institute’s library.

Further information on the scope of the S.V.D. publication enterprise in late 19th to mid-20th century China and a comprehensive catalog can be found in Roman Malek (comp.), Bibliotheca Sinica Christiana: Annotated Catalog of Divine Word Missionaries’ (S.V.D.) Publications in Shandong (1882–1950) (Abingdon, Oxon – New York: Routledge, 2025). The Monumenta Serica Library holds an extensive collection of print copies of these publications. A list of the specific 316 titles available in the Monumenta Serica Library in print can be found here. For researching these materials in the library, please make an appointment in advance.

Digitalized Titles (PDF)
Der chinesische Festkalender P. DR. Joh.[ann] Weig, S.V.D. Tsingtau: Missionsdruckerei 1928, 26 pp., ill., 22,7 x 14,5 cm.
Hongshui mieshi juben 洪水滅世劇本 Fei Jinbiao (Fei Kinpiao) 費金標 Yanzhoufu: Tianzhutang huoban 1921, 2nd ban, 16ab pp., 19,7 x 12,5 cm.
Neue Bündel Unkraut, Knospen und Blüten P. R.[udolf] Pieper, S.V.D. Yenchowfu: Typographia Missionis Catholicae 1914, 419 pp. With illustrations. Available online For the preceding volume published in Steyl, see Unkraut, Knospen und Blüten aus dem "blumigen Reiche der Mitte" below.
Phraseologia Latina / Lading cilin 拉丁辭林 Theodor Mittler, S.V.D. Yenchowfu: Tianzhu jiaotang, 1924. viii+199 pp., 22,3 x 14,3 cm.
Praktische Anleitung zum Erlernen der deutschen Sprache für Chinesen / Deguo huagui 德國話規 Hubert Peulen, S.V.D. Tsingtau: Missionsdruckerei, n.d. Vol. 1 (without subtitle): xvii+300, 180 pp., 20,6 x 14,2 cm. Vol 2 (Conjugation. Yan bianfa 言變法):180+31 pp., 20,1 x 14,1 cm.
Shouzhen yaogui 守貞要規 Josef Freinademetz, S.V.D. Yanzhoufu: Tianzhutang, 1914. 18ab pp., 16,9 x 9,9 cm.
Thesaurus exercitiorum / Xiti zhenbao 習題珍寶 Preface by Georg Weig, S.V.D. and Theodor Mittler, S.V.D. Yanjun: Tianzhutang, 1924. 2nd ed. 163 pp., 22,8 x 15 cm.
Unkraut, Knospen und Blüten aus dem "blumigen Reiche der Mitte" P. R.[udolf] Pieper, S.V.D. Steyl: Druck und Verlag der Missionsdruckerei, 1900, 741 pp. With illustrations. Available online
Xiaoshuo congji 小説叢集 / Collectio narrationum, No. 4: P. Joseph Spillmann, S.J., Yipu jiuzhu ji 義僕救主記. Ed., transl. Xue Tianzi 薛田資 [Georg Maria Stenz, S.V.D.]. Yanzhou: Tianzhutang, 1937. 2nd ed. 88 pp., 17,5 x 12,7 cm
Xiaoshuo congji 小説叢集 / Collectio narrationum, No. 5: P. Joseph Spillmann, S.J., Fuzhou yishi 覆舟軼事. Ed., transl. Xue Tianzi 薛田資 [Georg Maria Stenz, S.V.D.]. Yanzhou: Tianzhutang, 1937. 2nd ed. 87 pp. 17,5 x 12,3 cm.