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← Karen Moore says she tracks her books’
stories and sometimes gives them away as gifts. ↑ One story comes from this 1634 Book of Common Prayer that includes an interesting calculation in the margin.
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MOORE AND MORE BOOKS Founder of The Moore Agency amasses a world-class collection that features the Book of Common Prayer and the Holy Bible by PETER T. REINWALD
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he adoringly calls them her children. In her office they stand tightly together, their spines bound and their stories boundless. They’re Karen Moore’s antique collection of the Book of Common Prayer, plus the Holy Bible and many that combine those books. Some also include hymnals or texts such as the Apocrypha. They’re more than 600 strong, with more than five centuries of prayer and song. Some you’ll need two sure hands to handle. Others you can close in one palm. Moore says she thinks they represent among the most extensive such private collections in the world. “I call them my children, because I think each one is unique and precious,” Moore said. “Each one has a story. Each one, I think on its own, is valuable.”
photography by ALEX WORKMAN