A manuscript Bible containing both Old and New Testaments copied out in shorthand, 1846-50. Included is a treatise on the system of shorthand used and a watercolour portrait of Thomas Bourne.
Bourne, Thomas
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- ReferenceGB 96 MS 416
- Dates of Creation1846-1850
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 volume
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Custodial History
Presented by Dr. P. Dunsheath, Chairman of Convocation, 1955, the great-nephew of Thomas Bourne and with an inscription by him on one of the preliminary blank leaves.