COMMON PRAYER BOOK

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
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

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Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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