hornbook
date: label: date made
content: prior to 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This wood hornbook features a piece of paper that depicts the alphabet and numbers 0-9 and is covered by a cracked piece of thin mica. This hornbook was most likely created in England based on the mica used to cover the text page A leather strip is attached around the edges with metal nails. The object has a handle with a drilled hole on the end, probably used to attach a string or thong for a small child. The back of the hornbook is inscribed with “C.E. 7 Jan. 3 1591”.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
topic: label: used
content: Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.001
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hornbook
label: Object Type
content: hornbooks
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mineral (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 cm x 11.2 cm x 2.2 cm; 4 23/32 in x 4 13/32 in x 7/8 in