The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-03
The Library and Museum IL, smyrna.

CoNsTASTIyopLE. April 2o.-Besides the
yar.ous literary and other educational societies
IN The PROVINCES. two others deserve ~ .clal at
tenton. the Thracian syllogos AMI the Epirote
SyIugos. devoted specially to the spread ~
.du alton in the Provinces Of Thrace and
Epirus Tho most interesting and probably
III" hest Of these societies in tn" provinces *
ths society ana the Museum and Library Of the
Evangelical 'hppl at Smyrna. The Evan
gclical school IN smyrna WAS founded In 1913
by Crock, iant9l.un SrNhsiopuius, tea her
% smyrna. who left it his library and his small
estate. From that time i gradually increased
Until hy Nariuu- si.ts ana l'sa les. it now has
Loo aulIl-. and gives IL gru luAt's diplomas
of thc ill-i class. Three or four }rai- ago some
youuI ~Myrnlltns. who W're iut.r' -ted IN cdu-
iilc library Dl The 7tlpol on a new tOuudat ION.
For that purpose thy spent much time. gave
money themselves and procured subscriptions
AMI gifts from others in books. money, and an
Equities. and they have now - lihrlry Of oyor
works relating 10 Asia Minor The museum
contains many inscriptions. rtuturitcS lu- r.
l4ri-, and DtA = ant |quliies and u ine ana ever
90 rfI -lIg 'i ilIf 'tlNn ul COINS.
Tho ilrafy is daily op,nel free TO everybody.
ana is thH uN lla .r in Turkey where proper
iarihNo- are oi reed i"r "a" -ndy oi the history
objects in thr museum may Doe noti Fed Tue nead
.. the statue ul La Jus N"ru-. found Us Mr.
Wood 40 Epno-u-, which he mentions as having
been carried ul ia the night II has recently
boon pr sehtei o. the museum. which consider
that IL has far better claim 60 it than the Brit
lsh Museum las io the body II tne statue. The
third part Ot this statue, MS Mr. Wool tells US.
WAS lost at sea. Among the NaluAble manu-
scripts are some which are especially valuable
for their Nominations which are worry impor-
tant Tor the history Of Byzantine art. One of
th.se is u manuscript Of tho eleventh century
the Book Of the Treatise OF Eplphauius
bishop Of Cyprus, on Physiology and Natural
History which contains very singular and
sometimes very accurate representations Of
animals and plants.
Another. and a more important one is man
uscrlpt OF the twelfth century, containing the
commentary. very richly aud beautifully lllumi-
mated III a more artistic way than anything
known Of Byzantine art except the frrscOes Of
Iunselinos ut Mount AthOs. This volume was
T yen tothe library 10y the Church Of ST. Photima
where II was found few years ago in a walled
up niche. The commentary itself was pub
ished nj Leipzig in 1872 by Neighbours Thco-
tokOs from similar manuscript which had be-
longed T. Gregory Ghika. the Prince Of Wal
lachiA. The editor mentions this very manu-
script as having belonged 10 the Metropolitan
Of smyrna and PocOcke e. Description Of the
East" vol ill.,. p. 49, 17i3 i5l says Of il: The
Greek Metropolitan has very fine MS. Of
the Prntateuch supposed to have been wrote in
on parchment exceedingly well written and
adorned with several paintings which are well
executed for these times" Tho library Of the
Evangelical school IL under the charge Of a
\. PapalopaOs. who has edited catalogue Of
the MSS. of the library, and a series Of dOcu-
monts connected with the school and the publ
cations Of the society. which contain copies Of
all the inscriptions found in tho neighbOrhood
OF smyrna. II the interest in cluratiun in this
society by the Greeks IN Smyrna and the towns
in Asia Minor continues IT bids fair to do great
work Tor the development ~ Hellenic culture in
Turkey. | have heard that on the island Of
Chlos there is another and much larger public
library. but rot 80 rich in works especially re-
t. SCHUYLER.