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Shire of Toodyay > Records

COMMON PRAYER BOOK

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1811

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Overview

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
The cover is black with common prayer in gold on spine with 6 gold horizontal lines.
A gold line edges front and back covers.
This edition was printed in 1811.

Historical information

Inscription inside John Nicol Drummond and further notes unclear.
Donated to the historic collections of the Shire of Toodyay by the Royal WA Historical Society in 1995

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2004.17

Item type

Material

Width

140 mm

Height or length

220 mm

Depth

60 mm

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

Inscription inside John Nicol Drummond & further notes unclear

Contextual Information

A Book of Common Prayer with local variations is used in churches around, or deriving from, the Anglican Communion in over 50 different countries and in over 150 different languages. In some parts of the world, the 1662 Book remains technically authoritative but other books or patterns have replaced it in regular worship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer

Year

1811

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Historic significance

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