Show THE SMALLEST ON RECORD ent re pr anted E ble could be placed in walnut shell probably one of the tiniest MSS ever recorded was the little bible in a walnut shell the size of a small hen s egg an account of which has been preserved among the Hari elan manuscripts by peter bales dales an eng lishman and a clerk of the chancery it contained d as many leaves as a large bible and as much reading matter on each page with a pou powerful erful glass it could be read easily the author of this tiniest book on record live in the time of queen elizabeth and in 1575 presented her majesty with the lord lords s prayer the creed ten corn com mand ments two short latin prayers bis his own onn name and motto and the date all written on a bit of paper the size of a finger nail and set in a ring of gold covered with a crystal in this also a magnifying glass made the writing quite legible |