On a visit to my brother’s last weekend I saw the Bible which has passed down on my mother’s side of the family, looming on a high shelf. It’s very large and very heavy and was rebound about 10 years’ ago. It’s an undated edition from around 1860, a Bible with commentary that seems to have no end, by the prolific Rev. Robert Jamieson (1802–1880), a minister at St Paul's Church, Provanmill, Glasgow. Here’s the title-page:
I was interested to see the link to familybibles.org.uk, which I shall pass on to one of my ex-colleagues. A familiar experience to anyone who has worked on the Reference Desk of a university library is the "elderly person with a carrier bag" (a.k.a. The Antiques Roadshow Experience). This bag usually contains a large 19th century tome, usually a Bible or a Shakespeare, which "has been in the family for generations, and must be of some value". It can take some considerable tact and patience to persuade them otherwise.
I was interested to see the link to familybibles.org.uk, which I shall pass on to one of my ex-colleagues. A familiar experience to anyone who has worked on the Reference Desk of a university library is the "elderly person with a carrier bag" (a.k.a. The Antiques Roadshow Experience). This bag usually contains a large 19th century tome, usually a Bible or a Shakespeare, which "has been in the family for generations, and must be of some value". It can take some considerable tact and patience to persuade them otherwise.
Mike