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| The only surviving image of the original cover |
Inspired by the recent search for Paul Mc Cartney's original Hofner bass, I've set out to see if I can find an original copy of my final ebook much as Harrison Ford might, but in Skelmersdale instead of Petra.
As a first step I unearthed the best image out there before forwarding it to some of the best antiquarians in Oxford at the university's Bodleian Library. They have made a magnificent job of restoring the cover, which if you print out you may only handle with the white cotton gloves available on our merch pages.
These guys are used to interpreting stuff like the Dead Sea scrolls else the Rosetta Stone, and they have pointed out that ~ in the way there are doubts about who wrote what in the New Testament ~ authorship is unclear.
What we do know is that the original ebook will have been published in Aramaic in the year 2007, having been dictated ny Colin Hilton before he would be crucified in an inverted position.
Later it would be attributed to a Colin Barker as appears here:
Later again, following errors in the original's restoration the work is attributed to a G. Bakerer and A. C. Milton. The latter is thought to be a distant relative to 'The Swan of Avon', which is not actually a pub.
As a part of our researches we are reaching out to Graham Barker, who is known to have co-authored the work, in the hope he is not dead as he may be in possession of the original text (if not a good fortune).
The restored cover appears below in every detail, though experts now agree on the following:
(a) The coffee-stained outline of the base of Colin's mug is missing
(b) The content of the Post-It note has been altered
(c) There was no reference to a free condom on the original
(d) The condom wrapper was open on the original, implying use.
(e) The text 'Seal this in envelope' was likely added by Colin Barker.
The 'Bodleian Codex' restoration
