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1. Hornbook - Hornbook

   Replica of a child's hornbook used to teach the alphabet. Paper with the alphabet and the Lord's Prayer is taped to wood shaped like a hornbook. [The J and V are missing from the alphabet. Due to the influence of Latin, the letters J and I were once considered interchangable, as were the letters U and V.] A Hornbook looks very similar to a paddle and was fashioned from horn and wood, hence it's name. It was used as a simple primer to teach chi...

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2. Hornbook - Hornbook shaped wood

   Hornbook shaped wood with explanation of what hornbooks were. Printed as a bookmark by Frederick A. Stokes Co., NY, Publishers of Good Books for Young People and taped to a piece of wood as an example of a hornbook.

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