If, as reported, tho Soviet Government of Russia inlciids lo transfer tho contents of the I'olrogriul Museum to ono of the churches in the city, the building thus honoured will become f.ho repository of iit least one priceless rclin, which will 'no in keeping vilh • llio Church. This is tho Codex Siimiticiis, ono of tho earliosl translations or (lie Biblo. This wns discovered in 1850 in » innnsislrM-y on Mount Sinai, and presented lo Tsiir Alexander ■11. !(■ is bcliVvrrl to (.<-. (he oldest, known inaniiicript nf tho OKI nntl Now 'lVsts' ms'lH. ftlifl tiriM-ifllilj vv.lt, vrrji;!'-'!. «?SJ« time dui;mg Uje ib.ui'Ui ceuturj.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 102, 27 October 1925, Page 14
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