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oldsoul921

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Help Identifying Book
« on: May 28, 2013, 09:50:54 pm »
Hello all  :)
I've come across this book and I can't seem to find information on it. I can only go by this image because the book is not in my possession yet.



- appears to be some type of bible
- could be a Dagmar cross


any ideas?!  ???

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Re: Help Identifying Book
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2013, 03:55:40 am »
Looks like East European,..but until we see inside ,we can only guess...
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Re: Help Identifying Book
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2013, 05:33:09 am »
Could be an edition of this - note the four medallions within the gilt

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/10387346


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Re: Help Identifying Book
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2013, 05:33:22 am »
It looks like the kind of bibles that were being produced as special editions in the 1870s and 1880s.
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Re: Help Identifying Book
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2013, 05:40:29 am »
It looks like the kind of bibles that were being produced as special editions in the 1870s and 1880s.

This should be a Haydock bible, late 19th.

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/search?q=bible+haydock&org=yes&hasimage=true&dtype=gallery&type=complete&rows=20

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Re: Help Identifying Book
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2013, 05:43:21 am »
Yep!
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Re: Help Identifying Book
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2013, 07:25:40 am »
Could be an edition of this - note the four medallions within the gilt

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/10387346



Oh wow thank you that seems to be it, only it appears older. That could just be damage which wouldn't be a plus though.
the clasps are spot on and I'm no historian but I don't know what this symbol is doing on a Christian bible.




Wouldnt that be "The All Seeing Eye of Horas"? Seen on the dollar bill and on many free mason items? I only wonder because I don't understand the connection and my grandfather belongs to a free mason lodge.

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Re: Help Identifying Book
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2013, 11:46:50 am »
The Eye Of Providence - for God's own lodge  ;)

Any chance of an image of the title page ?

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Re: Help Identifying Book
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2013, 06:10:14 pm »
Look between the old and new testaments for family genealogy pages.
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