A bookstore owner recently spoke out after making a remarkable discovery at an Iowa nursing home: a mysterious 318-year-old Bible. Kathy Magruder told KCCI-TV she found the book in the library of the Calvin Community home.

It was a fascinating find for Magruder, who runs Pageturners Bookstore, where she sells new and old books. She had gone to the home to find unique texts, and the Bible eventually stood out. She told the Independent Advocate, “There were a lot of older books, which were fun, and I chose those, but I saw this on a shelf. It doesn’t look like anything special. I said, ‘You know, I think that one is kind of old; I’m going to have to research that one because I can’t even make an offer until I have some idea what it is.”

KCCI-TV reported that the Bible was printed in 1705 in Sellkirkshire, Scotland, and was potentially done so illegally without the monarchy’s permission. Such an infraction could lead to a death sentence at the time. Magruder was also able to track down who initially owned the Bible, as there was reportedly a family history scribbled in the middle of the book.

She said, “I knew exactly where this book was at a particular time and a particular place, and I knew who owned it, which was pretty exciting. You don’t find that very often.” One of the entries read, “Janet Scott, my Spouse, Died on Wednesday, third Day of Novm 1773, Aged 33 years of the Smallpox.” It was a reference to a couple written in the family history named James Burnet and Janet Scott, who had married in 1761 and had three daughters, according to the written history.

Magruder also tracked the publisher to learn more about his family and how the book came to be printed. Nursing home officials don’t know how the Bible arrived at the location, and Magruder hasn’t yet been able to locate relatives of the original owners.

The big question, of course, is how it made its way over the pond and into the U.S. Magruder’s quest to dig up additional information continues. She eventually plans to sell the Bible.