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THE ABBOT DOM GASQUET,

was made by Alcuin. the learned Bene-
dictine scholar. and Abbot of Tours, in
France. This revision was made in
the year 500. A. "a. and was presented
to his patron. Emperor Charlemagne.
OF Alcuin's labors three codices have
come down to us. az Codex .Vallicellan-
us, Codex Paulius and Zurich Codex.
About the same period in history,
Theodulf. the famous bishop Of Or.
leans. made his revision. which. how.
yer. sav0rs much Of the early Spanish
readings. Several other notable men
undertook to- make r%evisions, of the
vulgate. but none were eve complete,
At the beginning Of. tho Sixteenth cen,
fury the text of st. Jerome had be.
come somewhat obscure. and the coun-
Gil of Trent. In 1916. called upon Pope
Paul III to revise h bible. Accumulation
made until 1890. when Pope -Sixtus Y
published his version. This edition
was withdrawn shortly afterwards and
only ~ copies are now in existence.
In 1891 q new commission was APP
pointed with Cardinal Colonna at its
head. This commission finished its la
bors In 10 days. That same year Card
inal Colonna succeeded Pope Gregory
XIV. and published his edition in 1892.
1T Is this Latin ext that is in use to-
day ). It is called the Clementine bible.
after the pope.
Even when this. bible was, published
1t was conceded that it was not COM
plete and would nave to be revised
eone day: but none attempted to un-
dertake the work until Pope. Plus x.
realizing the necessity for the change.
ordered the work begun. His changes.
though simple, were very severe. They
were to determine the wording Of the
text Of ST. Jerome's Latin translation
OF the year 81.
Starting out with what. appeared to
e a stone wall in front of them. the
commission headed by Abbot Gasuuet,,
prepared to scale 1t. That they have
succeeded and their work will be car
ried on to completion is now assured.
When g system Of work was decided
upon Abbot Gasquet sent Benedictine
to search the archives and
libraries Of Europe. These men travel.
ca from the Mediterranean to the
Steppes OF Russia. Everywhere they
We're received with welcome. and
vaults, secret chambers. and libraries
f1lled with dust covered manuscripts
were thrown open to them. Many OF
these had not been disturbed for CEN
IN the massive pile $4,000 biblical
manuscripts containing 10000 e
have been brought to light.
AS the commission could not borrow
these, % could theylbe bought at any
price, q modern way Of gathering the
AAeO AS0 OWA archives wan
struck upo by the commission. This
was to photograph each page, thereby
getting an exact reproduction Of the
original.
A large Gamer with a rectangle
prism attached to its lens was equipped
for the purpose. BY this method the
picture of the manuscript is thrown
directly upon sensitized paper. which,
when developed, turns out a blacb
page with q fac-simile in white Of
the painted letters Of the manuscripts.
AS the camera does not lie the COM
mission Is gathering on its book
shelves in Rome, large folio pictorial
volumes Of every known bible manu.
script In existence. When completed
this will be the most unique and ac-
curate collection of manuscripts in. the
world. One to which scholars can re-
sort and with the aid Of q card index
discover every change OF reading ever
grated onto the Latin version Of the
bible of st. Jerome.
The Book Of Genesis has been col.
lated and printed. It is Abbot Gas.
Quet's hope that he may live to SEE
completed the revision Of the Penta.
touch and the Psalms.
On his arrival Abbot Gasuuet wa.
met by a delegation OF clergymen an(
the supreme officers of the Knights
of Columbus. He will start his lee.
ture tour in New York and travel west
It is his wish to visit every place that
desires to hear him as he Is coming
to America to acQuaint the people with
the work of the commission and he
! wants all to know about It.
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