Thatcher and Schwill, Professors, 150, 155, 162. Tischendorf, Professor, 64, 166. Vincent, Dr. Marvin R., 38. Walsh, Professor, 151, 152, 159. World Almanac, 142. Wright, Professor George F., 40, 41, 52, 53. Wycliffe, John, 29, 30. Young, Professor, 98, 99. Babylonia--inscribed temple walls, 100; clay tablets of, 79, 134, 135, 136; ancient syllabary script of, 105. Babylonian--expedition, 134; explorations at Nippur, 134, 135; "deluge" tablet, 134, 135. Benedictines--founding of Order, 150, 155; civilizing and beneficent influences of, 162, 164. Bible--a divine-human book, 40-45; for man, 18, 40; collective volume, 140; versions, 38, 39; preëminent MSS of, 64, 65; lost autographs, 44; Septuagint Version, 141; decorated and embellished copies, 52-54, 159; cost of making, 29-32; first printed ("Mazarin"), 14, 15; Revised N. T., 28; numerous manuscripts of, 37-39; American Bible Society, 32; permanency of, 18; chapters and verses, 122, 125. Book--definition of, 19, 20; evolution, 20, 21; form of ancient, 63; change from "roll" to "leaf" form, 63-64, 69; "diptych," "triptych," "polyptych," 82; "Book of the Dead," 84, 85, 93; size of roll-book, 68, 69, 139, 140. Books--earliest, 21, 22, 59; valuation of, 14, 29-32, 130; making and commerce of, 127-132; "reinforced" papyrus and paper, 69, 75; embellishment of, 52-54; cost of written and printed compared, 29-32; enemies of, 48; materials, 44 (see chapter XI); rare, 52-54, 64, 65; depositories of, 127, 128, 130-132, 148, 149; repairing, 49, 69, 152; new crusade for, 169. "Breathings"--of the Greek MSS, 124. British Museum--depository, 59, 64, 136. Champollion--and the Rosetta Stone, 98. Charlemagne--referred to, 149; patron of schools and learning, 149; scarcity of books at his time, 149, 150; meager intellectual attainments of, 149, 150. Chinese--inventors of printing, 11, 12; first paper-makers, 72; ideographic writing of, 105, 117; ancient library of, 81. Churches--relation to learning, 131, 132, 156; libraries in, 148. Cleopatra--name on Rosetta Stone, 99; Antony and, 137. Code--Hammurabi, 80, 110. "Colon"--punctuation mark, 124. Columns--in roll-book, 50, 61, 63, 64, and age of MSS, 64, 65. "Comma"--punctuation mark, 121, 124. Constantine--founder of Constantinople, 146; patron of Christianity, 147; furthered the Bible, 147, 148, 158. Constantinople--secure and favored position, 146, 147; center of literary and religious activity, 147-149, 164.
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