CODEX SINAITICUS
ARRIVAL IN LONDON
KEEN INTEREST SHOWN
\Y ON I)ERFIJ 11 CON DITION
(British Official Wireless.)
lice. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Dec. 28. Tho Codex Sinaiticus, the fourth century manuscript of the Bible, was brought from Russia during tho weekend by a courier and has been placed on view in the British Museum. Many substantial donations have been received in anticipation of the opening of a fund for the purchase of the manuscript. They include £SOO from the ’society known as the Friends of National Libraries as the first donation. Lord Wakefield sent a cheque for £IOOO. The codex, within a red gold-enamel-led box, arrived wrapped in brown paper and cotton wool. Dr. Bell, keeper of manuscripts at the museum, spent two 1 hours testing its authenticity, after which he installed it in tho entrance hall, where a queue speedily formed. More than 3500 persons inspected the codex, 80 per cent, placing a contribution, sometimes a Treasury note, in the box alongside. The visitors generally were amazed at the wonderful preservation and clearness of the manuscript.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18283, 29 December 1933, Page 7
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