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Didcot Parish Library

Reference
DIDCOT
Extent
8 books
Date
1700-1800s
University Collection
Special Collections

Eight service books deposited by All Saints Church, Didcot, in November 1980, all pre-1901, searchable via the catalogue.

Included is the ‘Vinegar Bible’ (Oxford, 1717). This printing is known as the ‘Vinegar Bible’ because in the Gospel of John 2:1-11, which reports the miracle that took place at the wedding at Cana, the word ‘wine’ was misprinted as ‘vinegar’. The collection also includes a fine copy of The Book of Common Prayer, William Pickering (1844).

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Associated collections

Spines of books of WHS press cuttings and an inset of the front cover of Inventory of a Life Mislaid by Marina Warner

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