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The Holy Bible

1957

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This publication of The Holy Bible is bound in blue leather with the symbol of Freemasonry on the front. The Old and New Testaments according to the authorized or King James's version are included. Also included are an illuminated frontispiece, presentation and record pages, and help directed to the Masonic student for studying the text. An insert (b) titled "An Address to Candidate on Receiving the Third Degree" was placed inside the Bible.

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Catalog reference: 2011.156.14.9.11ab

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