Woodcut engraving depicting a hornbook

Woodcut engraving depicting a hornbook. A hornbook is a book that serves as primer for study. Letters, numbers and prayers were written on a piece of paper and stuck onto the piece of wood which had a handle. A very thin, transparent piece of horn was fixed over the letters to protect them. Sometimes there were pictures on the reverse side

Fixed Onto Prayers Primer Protect Serves Sometimes Stuck Transparent

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