. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments ... mm Plate VII.—SYRIAC MS. (Exod. xiii. 14-16)— 464. (British Museum, Add. MS. 14,425.) Four books of the Pentateuch, viz.: Genesis, Exodus, Num-bers, and Deuteronomy, according to the Peshitta version,in the Estrangela-Syriac character. Written in the city ofAmid, 464 : the oldest dated Biblical manuscript in ex-istence. From the monastery of St. Mary Deipara in theNitrian Desert of Egypt. Plate XXVIII.—EGYPTIAN GRANERY. Scene showing the courtyard of an Egyptian farm, in which stand three large heaps of grain, and two chambers
. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments ... mm Plate VII.—SYRIAC MS. (Exod. xiii. 14-16)— 464. (British Museum, Add. MS. 14,425.) Four books of the Pentateuch, viz.: Genesis, Exodus, Num-bers, and Deuteronomy, according to the Peshitta version,in the Estrangela-Syriac character. Written in the city ofAmid, 464 : the oldest dated Biblical manuscript in ex-istence. From the monastery of St. Mary Deipara in theNitrian Desert of Egypt. Plate XXVIII.—EGYPTIAN GRANERY. Scene showing the courtyard of an Egyptian farm, in which stand three large heaps of grain, and two chambers for storage. Such chambers were usually vaulted but some with flat roofs are often shown in drawings upon the walls of the tombs. Each chamber was labeled with the name and quantity of grain stored in it.
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