Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-08-16

s.s,
THE old Manufcript Bible in my poGeGion
Of wirich you have detired fome information,
was brought from Turkey England by a
gentleman who left his Library to relation of
his in this country, and from the latter my aged
father purehaied il with fone other books. 1t
i written il character fomr,h'ng reienb ing
! Roiha, or her, II $40 be prefumed that Ro-
| iha borrowed or copied his from IT, It's very
different from The iquare character we have in
uf-, and is about the Gze Of large o6avo
written in two columns, on parchment, or vel
I lun, as hne as fix. The fongs Of Mofts, De-
borah, and David, are poetical, written with
the greateli uniformity and nearnefs, with black
| lhiniug ink. 1t is alto accompanied with mar
| snal note, written, 70 foe and FINAL that
it requires good eyes. or slahes, 10 dftinguiih
them The Palms appear 10 be mott mailer
| ly Performance, ard the diverfty of the mea-
fure feems plealingIY TO arike the eye. even Of
thofe who are unacquaiuted with the language,
and is fuppof-d to be the original poetry in
which they were written by David, &c. There
appears great play Of words and letters, fome
Of the Palms beginning with the alphabet and
| in order going through he fame with many
variations. The 18th Palm is written in
two columns, Of four lines each. each eight
verts beginning with the atpb, the next eight
with the 6sib and proceeding through the alpha
bet in that ordet, which is probably the realon
Of is being marked, in our Engifh Bible with
aipb, tetl, sc.
8 The two fri chapters, and part Of the
lah, in the book of b, are written 10 profe in
two columns. The other part of the book is
in lhort Heinrich verfa, beautifully written,
and the whole ban diomely pointed. TIE &C
| cents appear to be the fine IS N our prinNd
hooks, except the ten comm AZ dments, which
are only with fine accents.
$ In Joihua, chap, XXI between the verfes Is
and IS, two verfes arc inherited, with the name,
Of four cities of refuge, of the tribe Of Reuben,
&c. which are not in our Hebrew or Englth
| bibles and Everardo Vsn der Hooght. IN bis
edition, printed in Anaerdarn, In 1903, men
tons, in his preface, ,hat thele two verfes are
ocly TO be found in three old, corrected manu-
fcript books, but which he fuppofes to be 40
error. The order Of the books in the manu-
ftript is as follows:
| The Law, in FIVE books.
| Jo(hua, Judges, and Samuel each in enc
| Kings in ons, without any diviion.
Ilaah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hofea, Joel,
Amos, obadiah Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Ha
bakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zecharish, Ma
lachi, Ruth, Plains, Job, Proverbs, EccleG
afes, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Daniel,
| Ezra, Nehemiah, EGher. and Chronicles, each
in one.
The late Myles Cooper, L. L. d. Prefident
Of Kings College, delivered my father, Jofeph
Simplon, the following letter, with the book
therein mentioned.
Sir,
have been Informed by DR.. Cooper, that
Gus Hebrew NJ S. and when you have 70 done,
I fhall celebrate in the mot grateful manner,
your public ipirt and generoGty. | will take
the utm9f care Of il, and il fhall be returned
in twelve months, 10 he perfoa in London you
| appoint to receive it and for this will give
a note of hand, or (f you require III bond
of obligation. You will receive Of DIR. Cooper
! the prelent Of book Of mine, in which have
publiihed your kind intention and hope you
will accept that book as a mark of the gratitude
of, Sir. your highly obliged, and very humble
lervant, b KENNICOTT.
" Oxford, March a, 1870"
in May following my father received the
following note
Mr.. Cooper's compliments to Mr.. Simfon,
returns him DIR. Kennicot's letter, which he
did not fend for yeterday, but only for his own,
and hopes that Mr.. SimIon's determination on
the point in queRion, VIZ the tranfmiillon OF
the M S. to England, is favourable to the grand
fchene of COLLATION., which the learned gentle
man has now il hand.
! kings College May 8, I77o.'
The June following the manuftript was
delivered TO DR.. Cooper, with the following
letter
Sir-In obedience TO my fathers com
mands, which give me particular pleature,
now anfwer your eiteemed letter, by the hands
Of Mr.. PreGdent Cooper and tho the M. 5. i
highly valued il is cheerfuily lent TO promote
the great work you have undertaken. The
Preident has engaged q return il fate il one
year. Permit me to mention, that IL tie book
YOU hsve favoured my father with, inaead Of