The Book Of Kells was once recovered from a field.
A common practice of thieves in relation to religious texts was to grab the books and later pry the actual leaves from their expensive, gold-and-gem enlaid covers.
11 posted on 12/19/2006 1:03:03 PM PST by wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
14 posted on 12/19/2006 1:12:32 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite
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