THE LARGEST
The largest Bible in the world is the Kahgyur, or Tibetan Bible, which has 108 volumes of 1000 pages each, containing 1083 books. Each of these volumes weighs ten pounds and forms a package twenty-six inches long, eight inches broad and eight inches deep. This Bible requires a dozen yaks for its transport, and the carved wooden blocks from which it is printed need several large houses for their storage. Once a tribe of Mongols gave 7000 oxen for a copy of this Bible. t You think that the buttons on your clothes are made of horn or bone, don't you? Well, some are, but more are not. They're made from the ivory nut that grows in South America, and if you go to the top of the Andes, or six or seven miles up in a balloon, the buttons on your coat will all crumble and disintegrate, duo to decreased air pressure.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19370116.2.178.37.7
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)
Word Count
155THE LARGEST New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.