Codex Alexandrinus Hē Kainē Diathēkē

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Benjamin Harris Cowper
Venumdant Williams & Norgate, et D. Nutt, 1860 - 503 pages
 

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Page 507 - THE MODERN LINGUIST; or, Conversations in English, French, and German ; preceded by Rules for the Pronunciation of German, a copious Vocabulary, and a Selection of Familiar Phrases ; and followed by Models of Receipts, Bills of Exchange, Letters, Notes, Tables of the English, French, and German Coins, and of the English and French Weights and Measures. By ALBERT BARTELS. In square 16mo, neatly bound in cloth.
Page iii - The material is thin, fine, and very beautiful vellum, often discoloured at the edges, which have been injured by time, but more by the ignorance or carelessness of the modern binder, who has not always spared the text, especially at the upper inner margin. The manuscript is written in a light and elegant hand,- in uncial letters. These letters, at the end of a line, are often very small, and much of the writing is very pale and faint. Each page contains two columns of text. In the margins to the...
Page xviii - I have examined at least twenty times within as many years, and yet am not quite able to assent to the conclusion of Mr. Cowper when, he says ' we hope that no one will think it possible, either with or without a lens, to ascertain the truth of the matter by any inspection of the Codex
Page v - Since its arrival in this country the volume has been rebound, the leaves have been numbered, and the modern chapters have been indicated ; — these figures are all the work of Patrick Junius. The nature of the ink, and the great age of the manuscript, have in many places caused the partial or almost total disappearance of the characters, and they cannot be read without the aid of a lens and in a strong light. Moreover, the ferruginous matter contained in the ink has produced an infinite number...
Page xvi - John; the fourteen Epistles of Paul; two Epistles of Peter, three of John, one of James, one of Jude; two Epistles of Clement; and the Constitutions...

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