A dictionary of important names, objects, and terms, found in the Holy ScripturesIntended principally for youth . -, some-thing as tracts are plates of leadand copper, the bark oftrees,thinbricks,stone, andwood, were used to write works were writ-ten on lead ; Gods law on. A LEATHERN BOTTLE, As used in Eastern countries BOO 35 BRA stone ; and the laws of So-lon on planks. When theselast were used they weregenerally covered with athin coat of wax, for easeboth in writing and in blot-ting oat, which explains theexpression of David whenhe prays that his sins maybe blotted
A dictionary of important names, objects, and terms, found in the Holy ScripturesIntended principally for youth . -, some-thing as tracts are plates of leadand copper, the bark oftrees,thinbricks,stone, andwood, were used to write works were writ-ten on lead ; Gods law on. A LEATHERN BOTTLE, As used in Eastern countries BOO 35 BRA stone ; and the laws of So-lon on planks. When theselast were used they weregenerally covered with athin coat of wax, for easeboth in writing and in blot-ting oat, which explains theexpression of David whenhe prays that his sins maybe blotted out as a cloud,i. e. the record of leaves, being moreconvenient as to bulk andportableness, were after-ward made into books, andare still so used in the thin inner bark oftrees, especially the elm ;hence the Latin word liber,(the inner bark $fa tree,)means also a book. After-wards the Papyrus, or pa-per reed, was used. Isaiahxix. 7. Parchment was af-terward invented in Perga-mos. Books of these twolast substances were rolledon sticks like cloth, andhence the word volume,from the Latin word volvo,to roll. Paper, such as wenow use, was invented a-bout nine hundred yearsago, and printing was in-vented about four hundredyears ago. See Paper. Book of Life, signifiesGods re
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