Flora MacDonald's prayer book

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Title

Flora MacDonald's prayer book

Subject

Jacobite

Description

“Little Office of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary” prayer book. Originally bound in plain card it has decorated with an intricate design of woven coloured straw. Published by Joachim Carlier at St Omer Audomari in 1672, the prayer book was one of the most popular devotions of the Roman Catholic laity before the Reformation. The prayer book belonged to Flora MacDonald’s mother and was used by Flora. The straw decoration is rare, the only known examples of similar works of books decorated with woven straw found in the United Kingdom date from a later period and were made by Napoleonic prisoners of war.

Creator

Joachim Carlier

Source

1745_rising,objects,jacobite

Date

1672

Contributor

eulac3d

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

10

Date Modified

10/02/2021

Extent

L 76 mm x W 51 mm

Medium

West Highland Museum

Spatial Coverage

find,57.51403657070635,-6.355322599411012;

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

West Highlands Museum

Europeana Type

TEXT

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Prim Media

29

Material

paper, straw

Object Number

1394

Citation

Joachim Carlier, “Flora MacDonald's prayer book,” West Highalnds Museum, accessed January 23, 2025, https://whm100.org/omeka/items/show/26.

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