Accession Number

985.013.001.002

Description

One book bound in dark green Moroccan leather. The title "Hymns A&M" is incised in upper-case gilded lettering lettering at the top the spine and on the top left section of the cover. Five incised and gilded fleur de lys are equally spaced vertically down the spine. The covers are plain leather. The page edges are gilded. The pages have black text on white paper. Each page is bordered with a single black line.

Narrative

This hymnal is part of a set consisting of this book, a book of Common Prayer, and a Moroccan leather case. Its physical qualities and history of use make the set an important part of Craigdarroch's collection.  

History of Use

This set of books was presented to Sarah Byrd Dunsmuir by the Lord Bishop of Columbia (British Columbia) on the occasion of her marriage to Guy Mortimer Audain in Victoria's St. Saviour's Church on October 29, 1901. She used the set in India where her husband served with the Indian Army, and later, at the Victoria houses Burleith and Ellora.  The set was donated by a person unrelated to the Dunsmuir family in 1985.

The Royal BC Museum, BC Archives holds a wedding day photograph of Sarah Byrd Dunsmuir and her family taken at the family home, Burleith, See: https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/guy-mortimer-audain-byrdie-dunsmuir-wedding-party-at-burleith-mr-and-mrs-james-dunsmuir-parents-of-bride-seated-at-centre-with-boy-in-between-them-robin-dunsmuir-at-far 

Date

1901

Dimensions

5.9 x 4.5 x 3 cm

Material

Leather; Paper; Metal, gold

Country of Origin

England