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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Tiny 1911 Bible rediscovered at Leeds library in lockdown

Rhian Isaac, special collections senior librarian at Leeds Libraries, holds a tiny Bible from 1911.
Rhian Isaac, special collections senior librarian at Leeds Libraries, holds a tiny Bible from 1911. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

A library is keen for people to come and see a century-old lost treasure it discovered during lockdown – but do think about bringing a magnifying glass.

“Or really strong glasses,” said Rhian Isaac, special collections senior librarian at the Leeds Central library, talking about an 876-page Bible with Old and New Testaments which is less than 5cm in size. “It just looks like small squiggles, it really is tiny.”

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