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Old Belief
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Heavy old book bound in worn brown leather over wooden boards, lying closed on a pale plank table with brass corners and clasps, a lit candle standing behind it in the dark

the closed book

The word's second life is textual: a bishop's list, a catechism, a printed sermon, and finally an ordinary exclamation.

Basis: Agricola's 1551 preface and the later written record · AI-generated

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