Catalogus Codicum Graecorum Sinaiticorum (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Catalogus Codicum Graecorum SinaiticorumThe Clarendon Press of the University of Oxford a volume of nearly three hundred pages, containing the most com pleto description that has ever been made of the book: that are preserved in the famous library of the conven' of St. Catharine on Mount Sinai. The catalogue is th-l result of the visit and laborious observations of Dr. Victo' Gardthausen of Leipzig, who is well known as one of th° first European authorities on the subject of Greek man: scripts, and the author of a valuable treatise upon cresa Paleography and the expedition which be made rn th year 1880 with the view of obtaining more definite knowl edge of the state of the Sinaitic library, was set ou foò by the university of which he is so distinguished al ornament Almost simultaneously with this, 1, secon? Upedition was at work upon the same track. Th. Library was visited not long ailer Gardtlxausen's depar ture by a Russian of the name of Kondskoii', who, i1, fact, published his results five years before Gardthsusen'u book saw the light. There is a great deal of scholarlj work done in Russia of which, I am afraid, we in tht West know very little. The interest in the Binaii:ic library is universal. Every one knows the romance of Tischendorf's discovery and abstraction of the precious manuscript of the Bible which constitutes one of our most weighty authorities for the text of the Greek Old and New Testsmeuh. Many per s6ns have also heard from travelers of the beautiful golden lectionary, as it is called from the fact of its being Written in golden ink, which is exhibited by the monks as one of their most precious treasures, and, as might be expected, with a very extravagant idea of its age. But beyond these, nothing was known to scholars, except that now and then s foreign library was found to possess s copy of some Greek author, which bere evidence on its pages that it was written upon the sacred mountain, or had been in the possession of those who have their home in its solitude. For example, one of the last of the books brought in this way to the West is a manuscript at Leipzig, presented by Tischendorf. It contains a note the e¿'ect that it formerly belonged to Mount Sinai, ad curse upon him that shall take it thence, to Wit, e curse of the holy fathers of the burning bush! Poor schendorfl I am afraid ii' all the curses recorded in the books that he either stole or covered should come ne to roost upon his devoted head, his lot in the other 'ld would hardly be an euviable one. [ho impression which Gardthausen's catalogue makes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.