Comments on: Small English church finds original King James Bible

By: edahstip

edahstip — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:49:49 +0000

My first thought was that it was a footstone but that doesn’t fit with the apparent age of the cemetery.

However, upon further examination, I think that the part that seemed broken is actually just caused by an interposing plant.

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:19:20 +0000

I’ve seen headstones like that too. The angle of this one seems a little off for that, though, when you compare it the orientation of all the other ones.

By: samarkeolog

samarkeolog — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:14:04 +0000

Could the more horizontal stone have been deliberately laid “flat”? I know it wouldn’t complement the other vertical headstones, but I’ve seen stones with books or scrolls and stuff on which the inscriptions are written (which would explain it not being entirely horizontal).

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:32:22 +0000

You really do.

By: edahstip

edahstip — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:50:13 +0000

It’s YOU. You belong in a museum.

By: BroM

BroM — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:49:12 +0000

If only they had lived by my favorite maxim:

IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!

By: edahstip

edahstip — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:25:10 +0000

Some of the stones look quite old. My guess is that the newer ones are replacements.

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:17:43 +0000

No indication of why the Genesis pages were removed. Could just be a lost folio leave, I suppose.

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:16:09 +0000

Could be, edah. The headstones look fairly new, so it doesn’t seem like they would just tip over.

By: Blake

Blake — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:24:35 +0000

Why?! Why have there been so many blundering amateur “conservators” over the years. Oh, lord. Is there any indication why the first four chapters of Genesis are missing?