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Calligraphy. Visual works.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Works composed primarily of beautiful, elegant letters or flourishes that are typically created by hand with a pen, either in unjoined characters or in cursive writing. May also refer to similar works created by computer or another means.

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Manuscript of the Communion Office of the Scottish Episcopal Church, as used in St. Andrew's Home Mission Chapel, Edinburgh.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14573
Scope and Contents i, 21, ii-iii folios. Bound in black leather with marbled endpapers. With blind-stamped decoration on both covers, and golden lettering on the front cover: "Communion Office S. Andrew's Home Mission Chapel."The Episcopal congregation of St Andrew's was founded in 1865 and initially used a chapel in Infirmary Street, Edinburgh. It was renamed St. Michael's in 1881, and in 1882 moved to Hill Square, Edinburgh. It remained there until 1965, when it was united with the congregation...
Dates: 1877