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Brief Narrative Of The Proceedings Of The Palestine Exploration Fund.
Lability never before arrived at , the positions of Capernaum and Chorazin ; traced the ancient system of irrigating the p lain of Gennesareth , and made excavations in the mound of Tel Salhiyeh , Damascus , at Kedes , and on Mount Gerizim .
This expedition was considered as preliminary ^ and it was not till Bro . Lieut . Warren went out , in November , 1866 , that the special work of the fund can be said to have been seriously commenced . It was decided by the committee that the chief
strength of the society should be directed to archasological investigation , and especially the examination of the ruins and debris of Jerusalem . Bro .
Lieut . Warren has not , however , neglected other objects , and the society is indebted to him for a considerable amount of additional survey work . His investigations at Jerusalem have revealed a condition of things never even suspected before .
It was known that the modem city stood upon masses of debris and rubbish , bat no onek new the depth of this rubbish , or the secrets that it hid . The story of the discovery of these secrets is contained in Bro . Lieut . Warren ' s letters , published
by the society . They show that for a depth of sometimes 90 ft . ruins of old buildings are found ; that when at last we come to the well itself , chambers , vaults , aqueducts , and cisterns are found dug out of it : subterranean passages run through
the city ; that the foundations of great walls stand where the builders first laid them ; and that the old walls of the Temple Area are still standing ,
buried 80 ft . in rubbish , in as sound a condition as when they were first built . There is no reason to doubt , not only that the true key to the settlement of all the vexed questions on the sacred sites is to be found by
excavating , but also that Bro . Lieut . Warren has hit upon discoveries which require only to be followed up to yield results of an exhaustive kind . Especially among these may be noticed the aqueduct and chambers at Robinson ' s Arch ; the subterranean
passage at Wilson ' s Arch ; the examination of the debris on the south of the Birket Israil ; the prosecution of the shaft and galleries at the southeast angle ; and many other points . The bearing of these on controverted questions , and on different
passages of scripture , cannot be discussed in a brief notice of the work , and ought not to be discussed till the work is finally settled , and conclusions can be made once and for all . But , the committee are hampered for want of means to carry on the work .
Bibles And Other, Early Printed Books.
BIBLES AND OTHER , EARLY PRINTED BOOKS .
BY W . P . BUCHAS - . At page 70 Bro . Melville tells us that "the first Latin Bible catalogued in the British Museum is the Mazarene , and , as the index expresses , 'it is the earliest printed book known , ' date 1543 . " After other
remarks , he goes on to say , — " Had the titles of these expensive productions remained intact , they would probably have prevented Masonry from sinking to its present state . " Having had the privilege of entree into the rare and valuable library of William Euing , Esq ., hereI
, give the following remarks , which may be of interest . The books described I have just sean and handled ; descriptions attached . " Biblia Sacra Latina . Printed at " Rome by Sweynheytn and Paunartz , 1471 . This is the second Bible with a date , and the first printed at Rome . It is of
the greatest rarity , only 275 copies having been printed . The interpretation of the Hebrew names appears for the first time in this edition . ( The first with a date—1-162—was printed at Mayence by Eust and Schflsffer , in folio , with Gothic types . ) " " The Latin Yulgate , printed in Yeniee in 1475 , being the first Bible printed in that city , and is of rare occurrence . It is in the original binding of oak
boards covered with stamped sheepskin . " It is in small folio . "Eirst published Greek Bible , printed by Aldus ; Yeniee , 1518 . The Complutensian Polyglot , though printed in 1514 , was not issued till after Erasmus ' Greek Test , in 1516 . " This 1518 Bible has the orig inal title .
" Eirst edition of the Genevan ( or breeches ) Bible ( in English ) printed at Geneva by Rowland Hall , 1560 . " It is in small folio . ( 2 nd ed ., 1562 , in larger folio . ) It is called " the breeches Bible " because the word " breeches '' is in it in place of the present rendering , " aprons , " as Genesis hi ., 7 .
" First edition of the English Bible , translated by Miles Coverdale , printed at Zurich , 1535 . " It is in folio , and , I understand , is valued at several hundred pounds sterling . Its title is a fac-simile , the orig inal having been worn away or lost . i \ lr . Euing has also the second edition in quarto , published 1550 ;
another party having one for sale , lately wanted £ 80 for it . " Matthew ' s Byble , 1537 . " " Set forth with the Kinges most graeyous lycece . ' ' " Cranmer ' s Bible , commonly called the great Bible , printed in London , 1540 . " The title is a facsimile .
A very fine Byble , printed in 1539 , by Grafton and "Whitchurch , has title and a few leaves at beg inning fac-similes . This title has Henry YIII . seated on his throne , distributing Bibles marked " Yerbvm Dei , " right and left , while a crowd of people cry , " Yivat rex " and " God save the Kynge . "
Altogether Mr . Euing has about 568 ancient and peculiar editions of the English Bible ; he has also a beautiful fine manuscript Bible of the 13 th century ( supposed ) . The writing is very minute and regular . Then , as to printed looks ,. Mr . Euing has very
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Brief Narrative Of The Proceedings Of The Palestine Exploration Fund.
Lability never before arrived at , the positions of Capernaum and Chorazin ; traced the ancient system of irrigating the p lain of Gennesareth , and made excavations in the mound of Tel Salhiyeh , Damascus , at Kedes , and on Mount Gerizim .
This expedition was considered as preliminary ^ and it was not till Bro . Lieut . Warren went out , in November , 1866 , that the special work of the fund can be said to have been seriously commenced . It was decided by the committee that the chief
strength of the society should be directed to archasological investigation , and especially the examination of the ruins and debris of Jerusalem . Bro .
Lieut . Warren has not , however , neglected other objects , and the society is indebted to him for a considerable amount of additional survey work . His investigations at Jerusalem have revealed a condition of things never even suspected before .
It was known that the modem city stood upon masses of debris and rubbish , bat no onek new the depth of this rubbish , or the secrets that it hid . The story of the discovery of these secrets is contained in Bro . Lieut . Warren ' s letters , published
by the society . They show that for a depth of sometimes 90 ft . ruins of old buildings are found ; that when at last we come to the well itself , chambers , vaults , aqueducts , and cisterns are found dug out of it : subterranean passages run through
the city ; that the foundations of great walls stand where the builders first laid them ; and that the old walls of the Temple Area are still standing ,
buried 80 ft . in rubbish , in as sound a condition as when they were first built . There is no reason to doubt , not only that the true key to the settlement of all the vexed questions on the sacred sites is to be found by
excavating , but also that Bro . Lieut . Warren has hit upon discoveries which require only to be followed up to yield results of an exhaustive kind . Especially among these may be noticed the aqueduct and chambers at Robinson ' s Arch ; the subterranean
passage at Wilson ' s Arch ; the examination of the debris on the south of the Birket Israil ; the prosecution of the shaft and galleries at the southeast angle ; and many other points . The bearing of these on controverted questions , and on different
passages of scripture , cannot be discussed in a brief notice of the work , and ought not to be discussed till the work is finally settled , and conclusions can be made once and for all . But , the committee are hampered for want of means to carry on the work .
Bibles And Other, Early Printed Books.
BIBLES AND OTHER , EARLY PRINTED BOOKS .
BY W . P . BUCHAS - . At page 70 Bro . Melville tells us that "the first Latin Bible catalogued in the British Museum is the Mazarene , and , as the index expresses , 'it is the earliest printed book known , ' date 1543 . " After other
remarks , he goes on to say , — " Had the titles of these expensive productions remained intact , they would probably have prevented Masonry from sinking to its present state . " Having had the privilege of entree into the rare and valuable library of William Euing , Esq ., hereI
, give the following remarks , which may be of interest . The books described I have just sean and handled ; descriptions attached . " Biblia Sacra Latina . Printed at " Rome by Sweynheytn and Paunartz , 1471 . This is the second Bible with a date , and the first printed at Rome . It is of
the greatest rarity , only 275 copies having been printed . The interpretation of the Hebrew names appears for the first time in this edition . ( The first with a date—1-162—was printed at Mayence by Eust and Schflsffer , in folio , with Gothic types . ) " " The Latin Yulgate , printed in Yeniee in 1475 , being the first Bible printed in that city , and is of rare occurrence . It is in the original binding of oak
boards covered with stamped sheepskin . " It is in small folio . "Eirst published Greek Bible , printed by Aldus ; Yeniee , 1518 . The Complutensian Polyglot , though printed in 1514 , was not issued till after Erasmus ' Greek Test , in 1516 . " This 1518 Bible has the orig inal title .
" Eirst edition of the Genevan ( or breeches ) Bible ( in English ) printed at Geneva by Rowland Hall , 1560 . " It is in small folio . ( 2 nd ed ., 1562 , in larger folio . ) It is called " the breeches Bible " because the word " breeches '' is in it in place of the present rendering , " aprons , " as Genesis hi ., 7 .
" First edition of the English Bible , translated by Miles Coverdale , printed at Zurich , 1535 . " It is in folio , and , I understand , is valued at several hundred pounds sterling . Its title is a fac-simile , the orig inal having been worn away or lost . i \ lr . Euing has also the second edition in quarto , published 1550 ;
another party having one for sale , lately wanted £ 80 for it . " Matthew ' s Byble , 1537 . " " Set forth with the Kinges most graeyous lycece . ' ' " Cranmer ' s Bible , commonly called the great Bible , printed in London , 1540 . " The title is a facsimile .
A very fine Byble , printed in 1539 , by Grafton and "Whitchurch , has title and a few leaves at beg inning fac-similes . This title has Henry YIII . seated on his throne , distributing Bibles marked " Yerbvm Dei , " right and left , while a crowd of people cry , " Yivat rex " and " God save the Kynge . "
Altogether Mr . Euing has about 568 ancient and peculiar editions of the English Bible ; he has also a beautiful fine manuscript Bible of the 13 th century ( supposed ) . The writing is very minute and regular . Then , as to printed looks ,. Mr . Euing has very