The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-30
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il must at all events have been written
before the last-named ate 1t Toes
not contain all the writings now IN
cluded in the New Testamrn' canon
the epistles 10 Philemon ani Titus, thr
two 10 timothy .h.t TO II" hebrews.
after v. Il Of chap. TX, AMI lie wh'lr
Of the Apocalypse BENZ ! sent -
characters are. Of coulsr unclal ana
4 bear closer resemblance In 10 those ~
any other sc~riptural codeX u the VIII
inOs on the rolls discovered II Hcrcn
laneum. AMI which We know mus have
been Inscribed before 4 ID ~ Ihs
fact has al ohyiods bearing on Tie du'
of the Vatican manuscript. 1hrff -
no p~uhctuitIon. there are no accents
no a>piratcs. and no divisions bel "etn
the words, except where lh-re i I
change from uLr >uiJtct 10 anothff.
IN WHICH case the ptrtg aphIc trans
tIpu III lndit atcd by the space of j ic
ter. We should aid that the lnltit'
letters u sentences and paragraphs are
Of the same siz. n the others. We tfr
here speaking Of what is kown To he
the Original form Of the manuscript.
for, in all The respects noted. changes
have been made by some later scrlbt.
and in il different ink 1t Was not I'M
til long after The execution 81 The ah
.horiIed English version that any
scholars except those who had nftlclitl
relations TO the Vatican library wer,
allowed access to tins MAI uscript. III
deed, it was not until 1864 that u com
plete aud trustworthy collation. OF tins
- g.. . = So tho \9u la-
lament, was made by TIschcndorf, VIII"
tt Us added a third achievement to the
discovery and publication of the
Sinaitic manuscript and the declphcr
ing Of the Epi,raem P~alimpsest. \
little later tlS6Sj the New Testament
text of the Vatican codeX was publish
ed in fact smile under the auspices Of
Plus *.
The S%Inaitic manuscript was
ed under remark ale circumstances. 1t
had liin buried for more than fifteen
hundred years IN IA Copic convent, sit
uated in the desert Of the SlnaitIc
peninsula. The monastery was visited
10y TIschendorf in 1914, and he was
permitted to the library.
Here his eye fell on il large basket full
vi oib ~ "SIS
ed TO lie used for kindling fires. Upon
t~urHing over the fragment he came
a number Of leaves Of the Old
in Greek which bore signs
being more ancient than N he
had eve seen. lie was permitted to
away small portion Of this manu-
comprising forty-three leaves,
but nothing could induce the monks
to part will. the remainder, now that
the strangers anxiety had demonstrate
ed the value Of their possession. The
leaves were deposited, on
his return to Europe. in the library OF
Leipsic, and repeated, but unsuccess
full, efforts Were made by Tischendorf
to obtain the precious codex. In 1853
ne made a second journal to Sinai for
purpose, bat not a trace of the
%pa.chments could be then
Six years afterward he obtain
td = special commission from the Rus
Sian Emperor, who is regarded with
peculiar reverence in the Eastern
III onasteries, and visiting fol- the third
the convent at Sinai, he obtained
after somewhat prolonged negotiations.
the privilege of copying the codex. He
lie secured also the original, under
form OF a loan. and conveyed it to
Petersburg. where it now remains.
1t is said that the monks at Sinai feel
aggrieved at refusal of the Rus
sian Government to::return their inval-
document, and they have refused
he nffpr Of liberal onnnanoot;nr