> It's in my notebook directly after some stuff about the St Cuthbert Gospel
> of St John, that was found in Cuthbert's coffin, still in its original
> binding and the earliest surviving European example of a cover still atached
> to its original book. Awesome thing, 3.5 inches by about 5, red goatskin
> covers -- trip was worth it for that alone, though I'd gone down to see an
> exhibition of maps.
Such a lovely item. If it were me I suspect you were half-way tempted to
"squirrel it" away!
Stephen V
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