John Allan (numismatist) the Numismatic Supplement to the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the "Museums Journal". He also contributed to the "Encyclopaedia of Islam" (1st edition), the "Encyclopædia Britannica" (14th edition), the "Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics" (1914), and the "Chambers's Encyclopaedia" (1950). The following is a selection of his publications: John Allan (numismatist) John Allan, (8 August 1884 – 29 August 1955) was a British numismatist and scholar of Sanskrit. Allan was a noted numismatist and produced the first systematic study of the coins the Gupta Empire, which remains a standard reference today. Allan was born in Bolton, East
Collect of the Communion service, such as "Common Worship" used in the Church of England or the 1979 "Book of Common Prayer" used in the Episcopal Church in the United States, the "Collect of the Day" follows the "Gloria" and precedes readings from the Bible. Similarly, Lutheran liturgies typically retain traditional collects for each Sunday of the liturgical year. In the newly released "Evangelical Lutheran Worship", however, the set of prayers has been expanded to incorporate different Sunday collects for each year of the lectionary cycle, so that the prayers more closely coordinate with the lectionary scripture readings for the day.