{"id":9,"date":"2020-01-27T19:27:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/hornbooks\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2023-02-01T17:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:52:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/hornbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9\" class=\"elementor elementor-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9ece03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9ece03\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b1f317\" data-id=\"3b1f317\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5111fed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5111fed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/hornbooks\/what-is-it\/\">What Are They? <\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0a8b20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0a8b20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The horn-book was a precursor to the primer, a tool that taught children their letters, how to read, and gave a catechetical lesson. As such, fixed to the paddle was a sheet of parchment or vellum upon which was scribed the alphabet, Arabic numerals, and a prayer, usually the Lord\u2019s Prayer or the Trinitarian Formula. Some forms include a syllabary, a table teaching syllabic letters, as well.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34bae6a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"34bae6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/hornbooks\/what-is-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">History of the Horn Book <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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