Illustrations of Biblical Literature: Exhibiting the History and Fate of the Sacred Writings, from the Earliest Period to the Present Century : Including Biographical Notices of Translators, and Other Eminent Biblical Scholars, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 - Bible |
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... gold . Montfaucon ( Journey through Italy , p . 287 ) says , that in the palace of Strozzi at Rome , he saw a book made of marble , the leaves of which were cut to a wonderful thin- ness , so that turning them over , you might see all ...
... gold . Montfaucon ( Journey through Italy , p . 287 ) says , that in the palace of Strozzi at Rome , he saw a book made of marble , the leaves of which were cut to a wonderful thin- ness , so that turning them over , you might see all ...
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... gold , in the shape of a cocoa - tree leaf . This was rolled up in a cover richly ornamented , and almost hid in a profusion of pearls and other precious stones . The whole was inclosed in a box of silver or ivory , which was sealed ...
... gold , in the shape of a cocoa - tree leaf . This was rolled up in a cover richly ornamented , and almost hid in a profusion of pearls and other precious stones . The whole was inclosed in a box of silver or ivory , which was sealed ...
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... gold , forming a roll 100 feet in length . This singular work is said to have been consumed in the dreadful fire which happened at Constantinople , in the fifth century , and destroyed nearly the whole city , together with the Library ...
... gold , forming a roll 100 feet in length . This singular work is said to have been consumed in the dreadful fire which happened at Constantinople , in the fifth century , and destroyed nearly the whole city , together with the Library ...
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... gold on a red , green , or black ground . The Battas also , one of the nations who in ha- bit the island of Sumatra , form their books of the inner bark of a certain tree ; one of which , in the Batta charac- ter , is in the Sloanian ...
... gold on a red , green , or black ground . The Battas also , one of the nations who in ha- bit the island of Sumatra , form their books of the inner bark of a certain tree ; one of which , in the Batta charac- ter , is in the Sloanian ...
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... gold . The most probable opinion , therefore , is , that Eumenes , son of Attalus I.King of Perga- mus , though not the inventor , introduced parchment into more general use , at the time when Ptolemy Epiphanes , from a wish to prevent ...
... gold . The most probable opinion , therefore , is , that Eumenes , son of Attalus I.King of Perga- mus , though not the inventor , introduced parchment into more general use , at the time when Ptolemy Epiphanes , from a wish to prevent ...
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