| Often, the introductory pages of local bibles or books of hours would be elegantly decorated with wonderful letter forms. |
| The creation of the digital images is surprisingly swift. 1,300 pages of the bibles were photographed in just 4 days. |
| Two German-held bibles both contain lazurite, an expensive mineral that is notably absent from the King George III copy. |
| They found it contained two bibles, a chess set, a backgammon game, a deck of cards, poker chips and several paper back pulp fiction novels. |
| The priests process round the church, swinging clouds of incense, carrying their elaborate silver Ethiopian crosses and richly bound bibles. |
| A number of bibles and books, including old church records will be put into storage after the sale goes through. |
