The Codex Sinaitigas contains the whole of the New Testament, and holds a unique position in that. it the only one in existence of whi this can be said: its great rival the Codex Vaticanus, now in Rom and the Codex Alexandrinas, in t British Museam, being in an incom plete form. In addition to the New Testament, the Codex, Sinaiticus contains part of the Old Testament, the Epistle of Barnabas, and n sec: tion of the Shepherd of Hermas. Tt ig written on thin vellum, believed to be made of antelope skin, in four columns of 47 lines to each page. Tein written without division words, and. without accents breathings.
'The origin of is Codex isnot known. Tt is con all hands, however, that it dates from the fourth century, and there is strong evidence thay' it wag" written in Egypt, perhaps in Alexandria, According to Tischendorf, the manu:
pt. Was transcribed by four!
different scribes, of whom he ident fies. one og the stripe who cop! the New. Testament part of the! Codex Vatieanus, Originally it contained the whole Bible. and. it sometimes. sup-Posed that this "Codex and the Codex Vaticanus were parts of two) of the fifty copies of the Bible pre: pared. by t the order, of] usebius the Emperor Constantine, soon after! 380, for the use of the churches of Constantinople, an opinion which is not altogether supported by modern, criticism, exigency and the fundamental mes 1s surprise not only those very frag-overcoming the national ale ments which fifteen years before I had taken out of the basket, but} also other parts of the Old Testament, the New, Testament complete, and "in addition the Epistle of Barnabas and a part of the Shepherd of Hermas."
From tie "Nowtu-Cuixa Dany 'Transports of Joy News," or JANvARY 10, 1874, Mittigan, "to keep rom for the night, and that night Jing' beck to' the Settlement. We hose wore frozen in upcountry, are stra Some of the shooting parties who if seemed. sacrilege to sleep (quippe atone party who wore frozen, up for dormire.nefas widebatnr). 'There five days and" had" to. break though by' myself he telic us, 'I gave way wernt mllen_of foe, fo creape toto water, to my transports of ey. I knew Another "gentleman that T held in my hand one of the frozen up. for three most precious biblical treasures in s, being only. able to through ice for a fow hours ench existence, a document whose age afternoon. "Had. we remained. in the find importance exceeded that of all Haller igokg wey should have" be PSone of Te who examined during twenty years of the manecripts which, T had eve The Codex Codex Vaticanus are now our principal authorities for the reconstruc-in of the original text of the New Testament, "ft is interesting to) nota how these two priceless dees: ments agree with one another. One example might be Th the ast chapter of the Gospel of Mark, its break off suddenly, he words "for they and both manuscripts leave the Fest of the in Dlank, og if the scribes hopes to be fo fil in the missing text from other sources. On. he other hand
scripts are independent, as is shown, ident Sat these two. man Luke RXIIL, 34, where the Codex Sinaiticus, with mest uncials, records the words, "Father, forgive ave no doubt jammed traps. whill our correspondent the occurrences be'heard with Torrow by' all to whom M. Garnier ws: Fertonally known, or who have read Bhe'valuable and instructive books he published. The accident seems ex lmpeealate Kow it can have. oeeer ending the receipt of farther informa Study of the subject"
He had undertaken this last, curney to the monastery with the aid "of the Russian Government, therefore he persuaded the monks to prevent the manuscript to The Tear, In exchange for a gift of 1000 roubles and various. decorations. "A traveller who visited the monastery recently, "however, cays Hkat the monks <t "Mount Sinai have no words. '00 bitter for the man. who "carried off the mana" script." In 1862, the document, after Raving been exhibited in. various laces, Wag. deposited, in" the Tine Petial Library ju St, Petersborg, as the: property of the Tsar of Russia. for they know not what they "while the Codex. Vatieanus omits them.
In_ purchasing this priceless monument, "the Trustees of the British Museum have shown an} amount of enterprise and courage, spite of the depression—worthy of the gratitude of all lovers of the Bible, an enterprise, we hope, that! ill "be "rewarded by 'a "generous response to their appeal for the) sum of £50,000 to settle the account. And to Mr, Ernest Maggs, the! Bond street. book seller who acted as broker, 0 small share of the "honour and glory" for which he did it is due,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.