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Creator:
Hagger, Joseph
Title(s):
Quaker Book of Discipline.
Published/Created:
Chishill, England, 1773.
Physical Description:
24 leaves : illustrations ; 22 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
BX7676.A2 H34 1773
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Bound in contemporary plain paper boards; printed text of "Godfrey's General Cordial" visible on front pasteboard.
Like other Quaker Books of Discipline, the text is arranged alphabetically with one letter per page, here drawn in a Celtic style featuring human figures, animals, birds and mystical beasts. The final page is annotated "Joseph Hagger His Book Chisshill 1773." The book comprises 24 letters on 24 pages (letters J and U are omitted), with the eight letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G & I having the addition of a biblical passage emphasizing a Quaker moral code. The remaining 16 pages have the drawn initial letters awaiting the insertion of the biblical passage at a later date.
Subject Terms:
Quakers -- England -- Chishill.
Society of Friends -- Discipline.
Form/Genre:
Ink drawings.
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