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what are these books? (feddit.nl)

submitted 2 months ago by OctopoesDeKater@feddit.nl to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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This group of formally dressed men at a cafe each had a book, two of them are pictured here. Any idea what books they are?

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[–] FRYD@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The top book is illegible. The bottom book appears to say “Aurelius Augustinus Bel…” DDG auto corrects that to “aurelius augustinus belijdenissen”. Seems to be some kind of Dutch Christian text.

Edit: The “Ambo” at the end I think connects it to this publisher https://www.amboanthos.nl/boek/belijdenissen/

[–] OctopoesDeKater@feddit.nl 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That must be it! Perhaps the other one is a Bible

[–] FRYD@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah assuming it’s a Dutch bible, my American brain won’t be able to recognize the words from their pixelated silhouette.