Apollo 13 Flown and Apollo 14 Lunar Module Flown Complete Lunar Bible Copy Number 14-10, with Certificate of Authenticity Signed by Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Ed Mitchell and Apollo Prayer League Representative James W. Stout.  A 1.5" x 1.5" complete Microform Bible, one of only twelve Astronaut Flight-Certified Bibles of its kind, resting within a hand-made reliquary containing over one-half troy pound (6.6 troy ounces) of 22 Karat gold beset with symbolic gemstones. The handmade full-calf binding within which the solid gold reliquary rests is by Don Etherington, parchment consultant to the National Archives for the "Declaration of Independence" and "U.S. Constitution"; it is all contained within a custom deluxe red leather presentation display (30" x 13" opened) with the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity. This rare complete Lunar Bible contains all 1245 pages of the King James Bible (both Old and New Testaments); it appropriately contains the account of God's creation of the Moon in Genesis 1:16, and was printed as a miniature Microform book out of necessity, given the size and weight constraints for flight to the lunar surface. Excellent.

A companion Lunar Bible (Copy 14-8: "The Museum of the Bible" example) is currently on display at the Vatican ("Verbum Domini II") between April 2 and June 22, 2014. Vatican Radio's recent press release titled "Bible Exhibit Opens in Vatican" mentions only three of the more than 200 artifacts in the exhibit by name: the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Codex Vaticanus, and the Lunar Bible.

One hundred complete copies of the Lunar Bible landed on the Moon during Apollo 14 in the Personal Preference Kit ("PPK") of Moonwalker Edgar D. Mitchell (after having been previously flown to the Moon aboard the Apollo 13 mission). This Bible thus flew to the Moon twice, having circled it once on Apollo 13 and then accomplishing its purpose by landing on the Moon during Apollo 14! It then spent three days housed in the Lunar Module Antares, where it resided under the one-sixth gravity of the Moon and was exposed directly to the lunar environment each time the hatch was opened for moonwalks.

Exhibitions: The Atlanta Masonic Library & Museum "The Lunar Bible Exhibit" Copy. On November 17, 2006, astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell personally opened the "Lunar Bible Exhibit" at the "Atlanta Masonic Library & Museum", featuring Copy 14-10 of the Lunar Bible. Copy 14-10 is thus the same Bible memorialized in photographs with Mitchell and dignitaries at the exhibit opening. Thereafter on regular display from 2006 - 2014, during which time it was viewed by countless visitors.

This Lunar Bible:
• Is one of the "Twelve Apostles" copies of the Lunar Bible, consisting of the twelve complete Lunar Bibles officially flight-certified by Edgar D. Mitchell and James W. Stout (former "Apollo Prayer League Governing Committee Official") in the millennial year 2000.
• Is the first printing of the Bible ever carried by mankind to landfall on another celestial world to symbolize God's universal presence, and as such of supreme worldwide religious importance.
• Is the first published book ever carried by mankind to landfall on another celestial world, and as such of profound importance to the rare book community worldwide.
• Landed on the Moon with Masonic astronauts Alan B. Shepard and Edgar D. Mitchell, and as such of profound importance within the Masonic world given that Freemasons carried it.
• Is perhaps the supreme marriage of science and religion within any physical object on Earth, for in a poetical sense this is a "Bible built by God carried in a rocket built by Man".
• Includes an original copy of the 2005 notarized affidavit from James W. Stout relating the history of the Lunar Bible project. You may also read "The Story of the First Lunar Bible" on-line at www.lunarbible.com.