Having treasured the 1874 Bible for close to four decades, Dr Pervez Bamji and his wife Annamaria knew that they would have to part company with the 5.5 kg sacred book when they moved to a small condominium in 2015. Serendipity led them to unite the tome with its original owners, the Fenemore family in England, as recounted in Oak Bay News of August 19, 2015 and Four Shires the following month.
The Bamjis had come to acquire the Bible when they were newly married and scouting for furniture for their home at a local auction in the English town......