Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-26
OUR URBAN POPULATION
Official Figures Census of the
of the Cities.
LAND OF THE SWISS
The Manuscrip of Clemens Romanus
and Other Ecclesiastical Writers
Found in Constantnople.
AMERICAN CREDIT ABROAD
IMPORTANT DISCOTERY.
The Gospels of ST. Matthew and 81
MARK Found In Italy.


The Gospels of st. Matthew and So.
MARK Found In Italy.
Edinburgh Scotsman.
The general feeling of scholars in regard
To manuscripts Of ancient writer's is that
almost ali have been discovered that there
is any hope of discovering. This feeling
however, has been happily disappointed
in several cases. The recent finding of a
manuscript of Clemens Romanus and
other early eccle siastical writer's in Con-
stantinople gave agreeable surprise to
students Of church history. In no depart
ment have such discoveries been more sur
prisng and more valuable than those In
connection with the New Testament.
Tischendorf, in his wanderings among
libraries in all parts of the world, came
upon many leaves of old New Testament
anuscripts and crowned his investiga-
ions by unearlbing in the Sinaitic monas-
terry the most complete manuscript of the
New Testament in existence belonging to
an early date. The issuing of trust
worthy edition of the Codex Yaticanus in
our age may also be deemed real dis
covery. In this way the two manuscripts
which will be held in future as most valua-
nio III uete'iilnihB .ne toAV Vi the new
lestahieh'' nhne pecome Known 10
schoiars ohiy wtuih 'he ihst years.
we naVe now W ieootu 'ho u.sco'ery Vi
another manuscript OF portoh OF the
new Testament, written NJ very early
period Inc merit OF the discovery II que
10 Two uerman scholars Oscar " deo'
harut anu huoi, iiarnach, whose euitlon
OF the hpos'olc f"'hers mas deserveuiy
received tne "armest commentator.
Ihese sehoihrs were enabled, through the
muhihoehce OF the herman Government
ana ah endowment attaehed 10 Ieipslc
uhlVersity, 10 make q Journey IN March
OF inns year 10 southern ita'y ana o'ciiy,
I'D whieh they resolVeo TO searcn Tor man
uscripts' Iheir atteht'oh was specially
directed TO notices OF monastery at hos-
Sano, near the tuit oil Iarentum, IN
which Important manuscripts were SAID
once TO nave peen. Ihey could nnd no
traces OF the monastery, but they heard
mat there was very olu oooR preserved
Ill Inc palace OF the Archoisnop OF llos-
sano. Accordingly they asked permission
10 see IL, anu 10 tneir great JOY iouhu that
II wasa very valuable manuscript OF the
Gospels OF ~. Matthew ana ot. MARX,
Ihey now issue an account Oh II III vol
ume Just puphshed' EVangehorum 20,
uex Grecus furpureus hossonehsis (E)
iJ'ttetis htBehteis seAto et Niuetuf etecuia
scrlptus picturesque ornatus, seine Entdec-
kung sem Observation-Disclosures und hunstleris-
cher Werth dargestellt Won oscar V: Geo-
hardt und Adolf Harnach. (Leipzlg ::
Gleseche ~ Devrient)
Inc leaves oil this manuscript are lnaae
OF purple parchment, anu the material
used throughout the writing ID silver, ex-
cept IN the hrst three nnesot each dospei,
where the letters are golden. Ihere is
only one other manuscript OF tnls KIND In
existence containing any portion OF the
new testament, anu IL is 10 mutilateu
condition, four OF Its leaves being IN Lon
don, Blk In Kome, two IN Vienna, and
thirty-three have been more recently DIS
covered IN the Island OF Fatmos. Ihe
present volume, on the other haud, con
slsts OF 1888 leaves, and contains the whoie
OF the Gospel OF St. Matthew, and the
Gospel OF ST. Mark down TO the middle or
the fourteenth verse OF the sixteenth
chapter. All the crlterla used IN Judging
OF manuscript Indicate the end OF the Fifth
or beginning OF the Sixth century as the
date OF this. The manuscript Is written
in unclal characters, with two columns in
each page. There is no separation of
words, no breathing, no accent, and only
the slightest attempt at punctuation
There are capitals double the size of the
uncials, and the Eusebian canons must
have been given, for it contains portion
of the letter of Eusebius to Oarpianus, and
there is good reason for conjecturing thai
this was followed by table OF the Fuse
blan canons. The letters bear the closest
resemblance to those occurring in manu-
scripts of the Fifth and Sixth centuries
The editors state that it bears Q
striking resemblaL > to that found in the
other manuscript of purple parchment
that it contains some unique readings, ant
that it rather goes with the latter manu-
scripts where the Sinaitic and Vatican
differ from them. Considerable interes
attaches to this manuscript from the cir