Church of England. Book of common prayer and New testament in shorthand

Folger bibliographic ID: 263662
Folger call number: V.a.625
Folger holdings ID: 349156
Accession Number: 267319

General notes

Title devised by cataloger Text is in shorthand. Title pages in Roman letters In three sections. The first two sections have engraved titles in Roman letters pasted onto pages: "The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be Sung or said in Churches" (leaf 1) and "The New Testament of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, newly translated out of the original Gre[ek] and with the forme[r] translations diligen[tly] compared and rev[ised] by his Maj[esties] special com[mand] appointed to [be read in] Chur[ches]" (leaf 48) (some losses to lower right portion of N.T. title) Ruled in red throughout. Text of first two sections in two columns; final section in three columns Black tooled leather over wooden boards; worn at corners, with boards visible Acquired from James Cummins, 2011 From the Washington National Cathedral collection, dispersed in 2011

Uniform title: Book of common prayer
Extended title: Book of common prayer and New testament in shorthand late 17th century

Church of England Prayer

author: Church of England
subject: Church of England
former owner: Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)