During my trip back to Scotland last year I had the grievous task of having to go through my mother's belongings and pick out anything of worth or sentimental value before her flat got cleared out and everything in it thrown away. I found some photo albums and some figurines but the one thing that jumped out at me as something I had to grab and take with me was my nana's bible. Somehow it got passed on to my mum and now it was my turn to keep it safe until I can pass it along. Actually, I suspect this might even have been in the family even earlier, I'm not sure when it was printed. I'm not sure if this date here refers to the print date or the "Imprimi Potest" but it was printed in Germany so I'm thinking not. 

I'm not a religious person, I consider myself an agnostic, but I don't want to go into that. That's not what this post is about. It's about this family heirloom that I never knew existed until I saw it sitting on a cluttered armoir.