The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-14

ever directed their attention ~ this subject
''e hrst room is devotsi toa classification Of ihs
AM ieit works and manuscripts, according To- their
uH'e"' and also b the complete writings Of the an
cent hthers OF the church, In which are found arR.
Quotations from The Scriptures Here are alsc found
TRANSACTIONS from the Original Hstrew and Greek
into The Arnbic Chadsle, E.hiopic, and syriac
languages.
Passing into the second room we And .rranSei
ON tables convenitHt FOR consultation, translaions
Of tie sacred Scup'uses ia the more modern lar E
.u So, yet still tf very ancient date, some {
them dating back sev raj centuries. Here also are
ancitlt aygl Is containing the Scriptures as then
written, snd tHnststicns into several languages ali
III parable, columns on the zane page. Other srea,
'om's On the eroaning shelves are translati,r
OF the Bile into the modern languages OF
IN Pe, and copies Of the different eiition,
Vie Eoglish Bible hVm wyokliifss down
20 the pitseni time. Here. close 10 the ,cvi.ers
"L"s aie aso all the productions Of the mos,
en- nenl scholars of Europe aud this country, such
as Iischtndorf who Is under the patronage Of the
Emperor Of Ruszls, also engaged In revision o, the
scriptures and who has already given 10 the world
much valusble inior on this subject Myor
the eminent German scholar R,dieor ofthe Royal
University Of Halle, and Trege.es, of England. In
Tact thers are no works Of value the su ect mat,
ter In hand which not htre 10 be found Among
the great variety Of interesting works he.e We can
no' sv I'd the temptation Of noticing few cf pNrtc-
uar value
one " those rare works IL the G itnplutans.an
fAyslc, in siN volumes, containing the scriptures
IN Hebrew, Greek, Chaldaic and Latin. IL was
printed in 1873, ouly Az hundred crpies were
struck eu' aud IL hssrow become very rare II Is
one OF te NOT valuable looks hi TIE library
Another work, 10 which a very curious h.tory.is
attached. Is The Coicr hphrdeni Syri Rcscripius
rtis manuscript Of tIe 5 rp,rres va. written In
the b'si'uirg of the ffth century, at AleVandtia,
silence II Nas carried tO C'ns'iutinH Hple. Ia the
llih or isth centurics the writing was erased from
the manuscript, aud the pages were again covered
with tic writings o. tnc m uk Ephrsip, In thi.
condition Ney were carried, =, the tim %, ae f,il
"i 'ihs'Ahin'rr, 20 Florence, wnora Il found a
place Ia tho ll"aty oi Catherine =, Med.cis and
m m here IL wN In time tr,nsfJrr,d l., tue Rlya
Library ui Paris, whore IL now remains. About the
end oi tie 10th century traces of the original writ
ing,under the writings of Ephrnlm,wero discovered
but Il was not unit 1855 that, by the application of
aupctufe Of mus gals the ti,cl l-irc WAS made that
the resutrec'cd manuscript wa- o. conplet, copy Of
tue New Te't i.ntn', Of tie most valu.bl, IN ex
''cuco. The cory Of this work whiih has been pro.
cured fr the library q tie Bi.le Union, IL edited
by fischer dori and perfectly reliable.
Another rare snd valuable book here IL lAc
Amle ofsn old 'lsvlc manuscript New Tsstameu,
entitled the "Etdnlclid Sdcrd SclaUic." II Is
magnihcenuy Illuminated throughout with cDllrs
and gold, in the highest slyle of this curious IA
ant.
Aro'her work pu,in,ly Illustrated In @ ,lors And
richly illuminated, .s Bpo printed iu ilsu, tusli
century l''uro LD'her' Bbirl in l., yer S,Iouy.
B'ie u .tll moro ancleu, date s also bore.
% ti.er IA.rcs Augv'uIg editon-prnici In
u-a Ht tb,se 60 i B. len are Ia an cxcsl,at state
.. b.. ,r,tt ~.
T.. q u.n. c.tiarsw * b. the collection Is pho
Ini bed sop, of = mrlus, ript ~ thr 81 century
.. .at u t,' e. F'Brfic,'g, which was dlsorverei
= ,.d,Ifi then, mastery ~ 81 Catherlno'A X on
uut Sinai nisH. Atthsttin oniy po rtiun was
o. be 'uund, and Il ia this portion which adprns this
cole. t0n: but Ia 1899 Tische4d ~ suyroeleI ln
bringing to Light the remaining portions, cuustiIu-
ting the entire manuscript ofthe Bible, at the same
monastery, and Is now engaged in editing f1o
sUie edition OF II, under the patronage 4 the Eu.
pcrur ~ BI-.l. Spmc OF tic r,rt,t and u.lst "a.
liable Of these manuscripts AMI other works have
heou obtained under circumstances which would
seem 10 indicate lhe peculiar f.ynr of Providence,
wh..u ,nun : usually bc procured .l any amount
Of money, ard iu case they were l.yt Uuui scarcely
by any ,NctDus hc replaced.