In Fiction
- The discovery of a twelfth complete copy was one of the plot points in David Baldacci's 2006 thriller novel, The Collectors. A jewel-encrusted copy of the book appears in Linda Fairstein's 2008 novel, Lethal Legacy.
- In Will Harriss' "The Bay Psalm Book Murder," 1983, the solution of a murder hinges on whether a newly-discovered copy of the book is authentic. The novel won the 1984 Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Award award from the Mystery Writers of America for the Best First Novel.
- A copy appears in "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl" (Detective Comics #359, 1967). In this story, Barbara Gordon (a librarian) is delivering the book to Bruce Wayne, when she discovers him apparently murdered by Killer Moth.
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