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Hornbooks

Scope note

Children's primers consisting typically of a sheet of parchment or layer of paper mounted on a thin wooden board and protected by a sheet of transparent horn and having on it the alphabet and other rudiments such as the digits and often the Lord's Prayer. W

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000152373

Broader Terms used

primers (books)

Term used for

horn-books

Equivalent Terms used

hornbook

Created

13yrs ago

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