Poignant Book to go on Display? (About)

I wanted to report on this story, even though there are a few things which
make me suspicious. On face value, the story concerns a religious text which
Mary Queen of Scots carried with her during her execution in England in the
sixteenth century. The book was placed briefly on display at a school in
Scotland, where it has been bought from its current home in England, and there
are hints the text might be given a more permanent display; the article has a
lovely picture. However, look a little closer at the history of the book, and
the article has to admit: "...It is thought that her closest confidantes
secretly took the book to France, before it came into possession of the
Society of Jesus, a religious order of the Catholic Church. Since then the
Jesuits have kept the prayer book safe, even though its existence - let alone
whereabouts - has been known only to a select few. After more than four
centuries, however, the small ornate book was put on display for pupils at
Loretto School in Musselburgh, with its guardians hinting at a longer-term
exhibition to come." Now, i'm not ...

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