[Illustration: Fig. 336.--Writing of the Sixth Century, with Capital Letters, from a Manuscript, on Papyrus, of the “Sermons of St. Augustine.” (Imperial Library, Paris.) TEXT.--_Spes nostra e[st] non de isto tempore, neque de mundo est, neque in ea felicita[te...._ TRANSLATION.--Our hope is not of this time, nor is it of the world, nor in that felicity.] [Illustration: Fig. 337.--Title and Capital Letters of the Seventh Century, from a Book of the Gospels of Notre-Dame, Paris. (Imperial Library, Paris.) TEXT.--_Incipit præfatio._ TRANSLATION.--Here begins the Preface.] [Illustration: Fig. 338.--Writing of the end of the Seventh Century, after a Diploma of Childebert III., for the Gift of a Villa to the Abbey of St. Denis. (This Fac-simile gives only the half of the length of the lines.) TEXT.-- _Childeberthus rex_ _Se oportune beneficia ad loca sanctorum quod pro juvamen servorum...._ _Et hoc nobis ad eterna retributione pertenire confidemus. Ideoque...._ [Illustration: Fig. 339.--Writing of the Eighth Century, from a Capitulary of Charlemagne, addressed to Pope Adrian I. in 784. (Imperial Library, Paris.) TEXT.--_Primo Capitulo. Salutant vos dominus noster, filius vester, Carolus rex [et filia vestra domna nostra Fastrada, filii et] filæ domini nostri simul, et omnis domus sua._ _II. Salutant vos cuncti sacerdotes, episcopi et abbates, atque omnis congregatio illorum [in Dei servicio constituta etiam, et universus] populus Franconum._ TRANSLATION.--I. Our lord, your son, King Charles [and your daughter our Lady Fastrada, salute thee, also the sons and] daughters of our Lord, and all his house. II. All the priests, bishops, and abbots salute thee, as also the whole congregation [of those who are established in the service of God, and the whole] of the French people.] [Illustration: Fig. 340.--Tironian Writing of the Eighth Century, from a Latin Psalter. (Imperial Library, Paris.) TEXT.--_Exsurge, Domine, in ira tua et exaltare in finibus inimicorum meorum, et exsurge, Domine Deus meus, in precepto quod mandasti; et sinagoga populorum circomdabit, te, et propter hanc in altum regredere._ TRANSLATION.--Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.--(Psalm vii. 6, 7.)] [Illustration: Fig. 341.--Writing of the Tenth Century, after a Manuscript of the “Commentaries of St. Jerome.” (Imperial Library, Paris.) TEXT.--_Qui nolunt inter epistolas Pauli eam recipere quæ ad Filemonem scribitur aiunt non semper apostolum nec omnia Christo in se loquente dixisse. Quia neque_ ... TRANSLATION.--Those who are unwilling to receive among the epistles of St. Paul that which is written to Philemon, deny that the Apostles spoke everything and at all times under the inspiration of Christ. Because neither ...]