1206211
- TitleItem 18: Miniature daily devotional, ca. 1851-1860 / from the papers of George Ernest Morrison
- Call numberSAFE/R 645/Item h
- Level of descriptionitem
- Date
ca. 1851-1860 - Type of material
- Reference code1206211
- Physical Description1 book - leather bound - 3.6 x 2.9 cm
- Scope and ContentThis miniature book contains a bible verse selected from the Old and New Testaments of the King James Bible for each day of the year. It was presented to George Ernest Morrison in March 1884 when he was 22 years old by his youngest sister Hilda (Evelyn Hilda Morrison) who was six years old. Hilda gave it to her brother just before he travelled to Edinburgh for surgery to remove some spear fragments (see Item 13 in this series). It has a wallet-type clasp, approximately 120 pages, and gilded page edges. Its title ‘Small Rain upon the Tender Herb’ is taken from a verse from Deuteronomy 32:2. It is the thirty-fourth edition, published by the Religious Tract Society c. 1851-1860 at their location at 56, Paternoster Row, London.
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Information on history of Religious Tract Society history at Paternoster Street provided by Emma Thompson, Curatorial Intern (Books and Manuscripts), Royal Collection Trust, Windsor Castle, Berkshire on 9 November 2016. - General note
Item description by Lisa Chavez, Intern, Research & Discovery Branch, December 2016
Digital order no:Album ID : 1323798 - Signatures / Inscriptions
On fly leaf: "Ernest / with / Hilda's Love / Geelong College / March 1884." - Creator/Author/Artist
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