

Wooden reading board for a child, or hornbook, on which is laid a printed sheet of paper with the alphabet at the top, and below this two groups showing the vowels and combinations of pairs of letters, one on the left and one on the right. Below this is the text 'In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost', with the Lord's prayer at the bottom. The paper sheet is covered by a transparent sheet of horn fixed to the board with a frame made of metal strips. The wooden board is rectangular, with a handle at the bottom.