A most unusual book - it looks like a medieval manuscript, beautifully lettered and designed, but this prayer book was woven in Lyon, France in the late 1800s on their famed Jacquard looms.
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Programming Prayer: The Woven Book of Hours (1886–87)
An illuminated prayer book woven on mechanical looms programmed by punch card.The Public Domain Review
Nathan Schneider
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