AN ACCOUNT OF 
 GREEK MANUSCRIPTS 
 AT LAMBETH PALACE 
 LIBRARY
 
 \0
 
 THE 
 
 CARLYLE MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 IN 
 
 LAMBETH LIBRARY.
 
 AN 
 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 OF 
 
 CHIEFLY BIBLICAL, 
 
 WHICH HAD BEEN IN THE POSSESSION OF THE 
 
 LATE PROFESSOR CARLYLE, 
 
 THE 
 
 GREATER PART OF WHICH ARE NOW DEPOSITED 
 
 IN THE 
 
 ARCHIEPISCOPAL LIBRARY 
 
 AT 
 
 LAMBETH PALACE. 
 
 Bonitas antem Codicura judicatur, non tarn aetate, certe non sola : et 
 recentiores etiam boui esse possuot, cum e bonis descripti sunt : quam 
 primo paucitate et levitate peccatornm et varietatis, deinde conservatione 
 veteris et bonae lectionis, unde patet scilicet, et a diligente horaine scriptos, 
 et e bono libro duetos esse. Nee tainen vitiosi Codices nullius usus sunt. 
 Nam interdum et ipsi lectiones optimas habent. Ernesti, Instil. Interpret. 
 Nov. Test. P. iii. Cap. ii. . 20. 
 
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 PROFESSOR CARLYLFS MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 IN THE 
 
 LAMBETH LIBRARY 
 
 His Grace, the present Archbishop of 
 Canterbury, having purchased certain Bib- 
 lical and Classical Manuscripts, which had 
 been collected in the East by the late Pro- 
 fessor Carlyle, and his friend Dr. Philip 
 Hunt, of which some account has been 
 given in the Catalogue of Manuscripts in 
 the Library at Lambeth Palace, printed in 
 1812 ; and among these, which were thus 
 bought, some having been unintentionally 
 mixed, which, it afterwards appeared, were 
 not the property of the a learned and 
 
 a The character of the Professor has been thus 
 drawn by one of those gentlemen, who, at his re- 
 
 B
 
 2 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 amiable Professor, and have been since re- 
 claimed by the real owner of them ; his 
 
 quest, had engaged in the labour of collating his 
 Copies of the New Testament. " Mr. Carlyle died at 
 Newcastle upon Tyne, April 12, 1804, aged 45 years. 
 He was formerly Professor of Arabic at Cambridge, 
 and at the time of his death was Chancellor of Car- 
 lisle ; by the amiable Bishop of which diocese, (Dr. 
 Vernon,) he had not long been presented to the 
 valuable living of Newcastle. He had also been re- 
 cently appointed a Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. 
 Of his knowledge of Oriental literature he gave an 
 elegant specimen in his translation of select pieces 
 of Arabic poetry ; and has left a monument of his 
 classical taste for poetry in some posthumous poems, 
 chiefly suggested by scenes in Asia Minor. At the 
 time of his dissolution he was engaged in the prepa- 
 ration of a correct edition of the Arabic Bible. 
 During the short period of his residence at Newcas- 
 tle, the severe sufferings of the painful disorder, 
 which terminated his existence, prevented his ever 
 engaging in his professional duties. But those who 
 enjoyed the opportunity of access to him in private, 
 and could thus witness his virtues and appreciate the 
 powers of his mind, will long and deeply regret the
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 3 
 
 Grace has been pleased to approve of an 
 explanation to be given, while yet one of 
 the three persons who first inspected these 
 Manuscripts for the Lambeth Library 
 exists, of the several circumstances con- 
 nected with the literary additions to his 
 Grace's Library, derived from these East- 
 ern researches ; in order both to b rectify 
 
 loss of a man, whose premature fate has deprived 
 the world of one of its great and distinguished orna- 
 ments." Athenaeum, vol. ii. p. 123. 
 
 b An extensive circulation has been given to some 
 observations on these Manuscripts in a popular pub- 
 lication, from which the following extract is made ; 
 wherein are circumstances, relating to the present 
 and subsequent pages, not exactly stated, which by 
 an attentive perusal of the present compilation may 
 be easily rectified. " The long debated question re- 
 lating to the treasures of ancient literature, supposed 
 to be concealed in the libraries of the Seraglio, the 
 Mosque of St. Sophia, and the Colleges of Dervises 
 at Constantinople, has at length been settled by the 
 researches of Dr. Hunt and the late Professor Car- 
 B2
 
 4 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 mistaken notions which have obtained, and 
 incorrect assertions which have been made, 
 
 lyle ; and the result of their inquiries is, that ' in 
 none of those vast collections is there a single classi- 
 cal fragment of a Greek or Latin author, either ori- 
 ginal or translated. The volumes were in Arabic, 
 Persian, or Turkish ; and of all of them Mr. Carlyle 
 took exact catalogues.' Surely this is too sweeping 
 a sentence. It was not possible for these gentlemen, 
 without an examination of the books themselves, to 
 ascertain that they contained no translated fragments 
 of a classical author. We think it, on the contrary, 
 very probable that some of the Arabic MSS. may 
 contain portions of Aristotle or Galen, or of later 
 Greek writers. It appears from Professor Carlyle's 
 description, that the library of the seraglio is built 
 in the form of a Greek cross, and is not more than 
 twelve yards in length from the extremity of one arm 
 to that of the other. It contains 1294 MSS., mostly 
 Arabic, with a few of the best Turkish writers. The 
 Professor must have made good use of his time, for 
 during his short stay in the seraglio ' he is certain 
 that there was not one volume which he did not se- 
 parately examine ; but he was prevented by the 
 jealousy of the moulahs, who accompanied him,, from
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. O 
 
 respecting them ; and to notify, in the re- 
 moval of such as have been reclaimed, the 
 
 making out a detailed catalogue of the whole ;' and, 
 indeed, if the moulahs had been out of the way, it 
 would have required a quick eye, and the pen of a 
 ready writer, to make out a catalogue of 1294 orien- 
 tal MSS. in two or three hours. He obtained, how- 
 ever, a catalogue of the library of the patriarchs of 
 Jerusalem, the largest in the empire, and even got 
 permission to carry a few of the most valuable to 
 England. These, together with a large collection of 
 Arabic MSS. [not so, as the following pages will 
 prove,] were transmitted, we believe, to this country, and 
 deposited in the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth, by 
 the munificence of the present Primate. We are, how- 
 ever, not quite certain whether Mr. Carlyle did not 
 misunderstand the permission which he had obtained 
 from the Patriarch of Jerusalem ; for we have heard 
 it reported, that this venerable dignitary of the Greek 
 church has reclaimed his valuable MSS. And it ap- 
 pears from an expression in one of Dr. Hunt's papers, 
 that the volumes were only lent. In truth we are not 
 a little surprised at the facility with which the Pro- 
 fessor was permitted to bring away from more than 
 one Library, several of what he judged to be the most
 
 6 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 loss which the Library has sustained. 
 Over the numbered article in the Cata- 
 
 curious MSS., as for instance, six from the famous 
 library of St. Saba. We had been led to understand, 
 that the alienation of this kind of property was ex- 
 pressly forbidden by the rules of the Greek Church." 
 Quarterly Review, April 1818, pp. 237, 238. 
 
 There is also mention made in the learned notes to 
 a very useful Sermon, preached at a Visitation, be- 
 fore the late Bishop of Peterborough, by the Rev. 
 S. T. Bloomfield, M.A. July 1, 1816, of circumstan- 
 ces in regard to these Manuscripts, very judiciously 
 expressed, and only in a slight instance not free 
 from mistake. " It is well known to scholars, that 
 upon the death of the late Professor Carlyle, some 
 valuable Manuscripts were purchased of his widow, 
 [not his widow, but his sister,] and deposited in the 
 Lambeth collection. There is, indeed, a report, that 
 a part of them have been claimed by the Patriarch of 
 Jerusalem, who contends that he had not given, but 
 lent them to Professor Carlyle. The claim of the 
 Patriarch will, I hope, be strictly investigated ; and 
 even if it should appear to be well founded, the 
 munificent intention of the Archbishop of Canterbury 
 will lose none of its effect."
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 7 
 
 logue, over the notice of its contents, the 
 lover of Classical and Biblical learning may 
 still cast his eye not altogether in vain; 
 though great indeed may be the difficulty, 
 which now he might experience, in finding 
 access to the article no longer in this 
 Library to be found. From the exercise 
 of kind permission and ready encourage- 
 ment to promote the student's views, in 
 regard to such articles, the Primate of all 
 England is now disabled ; and if such are 
 now returned to places, where indolence 
 or want of curiosity may believe them 
 " treasures, better hid ;" we can only 
 lament that they are not nearer at hand for 
 literary exertion to overturn that notion, 
 and for munificent patronage to counte- 
 nance that exertion. 
 
 Before the explanation, approved by the 
 Archbishop of Canterbury, be given, it 
 may be expedient, at least it may be in-
 
 8 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 teresting, here to collect some particulars 
 respecting the Manuscripts in question, 
 and the late owner of them, which are dis- 
 persed in printed works. 
 
 And, first, the details of his researches 
 in order to obtain these Manuscripts, given 
 by Mr. Carlyle himself, present themselves 
 to notice ; which, however, were not pub- 
 lished till long after his Manuscripts had 
 been sent to Lambeth Palace. To the 
 Lord Bishop of Lincoln, in July 1800, he 
 wrote as follows : " One of my excursions 
 from Jerusalem was to the Monastery of 
 St. d Saba, in order to examine the Library 
 
 c Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic 
 Turkey, &c. Edited from Manuscript Journals by 
 Robert Walpole, M.A. 4to. 1817. p. 162. 
 
 d What Mr. Carlyle here calls St. Saba, will be 
 best explained from a description of Mount Athos, 
 among other places, by Joseph Georgirenes, Arch-
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 9 
 
 of Manuscripts there. It had been often 
 mentioned to me, and I was resolved if 
 possible to investigate it. I believe I did 
 run a little more hazard than was perfectly 
 prudent, as the whole country at present 
 swarms with banditti ; however, by means 
 of a guard, consisting of those very per- 
 sons that I dreaded, I arrived in safety, 
 and had the pleasure to make a complete 
 
 bishop of Samos, translated into English in 1678, 
 in p. 87. " The first and most ancient Monastery is 
 St. Laura, built by Athanasius, who obtained special 
 licence of the emperor of Constantinople to retire 
 hither, and found a College of Monks ; so called 
 from that Monastery of Laura of Bethlehem, where St. 
 Saba lived." See also Ibid. p. 104. " St. Saba was 
 eminent in the time of Anastasius, Justinus, and Jus- 
 tinianus, emperors of Constantinople ; and died in 
 the 94th year of his age. His name is yet remark- 
 able among the Eastern Christians, especially at Mount 
 Athos, whose first Monks were but a colony of his 
 disciples, and whose ancientest College is called Laura 
 from his Laura in Palestine."
 
 10 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 examination. Except, however, twenty- 
 nine Copies of the Gospels, and one of the 
 Epistles, this celebrated Library does not 
 contain any thing valuable : the rest of it, 
 to the number of 300, consists of Fathers, 
 Homilies, Legends, and Rituals. I was 
 permitted by the Superior to bring along 
 with me six of what I judged the oldest 
 Manuscripts, viz. two Copies of the Gos- 
 pels; one of the Epistles ; two Books of 
 Homilies and Apostolical Letters, which I 
 took for the sake of the quotations ; and a 
 Copy of the Sophist Libanius, the only 
 work like a classic author that I met with. 
 I hope the Patriarch [of Jerusalem] will 
 allow me to convey them to England." 
 The Professor has given a e similar account, 
 in a letter of the same date, to the Bishop 
 of Durham, of his pursuit and success ; 
 saying that he was permitted to bring away 
 
 e Walpole's Memoirs, ut supr. p. 183.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 11 
 
 with him the six Manuscripts, already 
 named, to Constantinople. 
 
 Next, in a letter dated in Feb. 1801, to 
 the former of the two Prelates, the Pro- 
 fessor thus speaks of his pursuit and ac- 
 quisitions. " f I have examined and taken 
 a Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the 
 Library belonging to the Patriarch of Je- 
 rusalem, the largest I believe in the empire ; 
 and have even obtained permission to carry 
 a few of those which I judged most valuable 
 to England. The rest, consisting of 130, 
 are made up chiefly of Homilies, Books of 
 Offices, and Controversial Writings against 
 the Roman Church. I have likewise exa- 
 mined the Libraries, if such they may be 
 called, contained in the Convents of the 
 Prince's Islands, as well as those in Con- 
 stantinople ; and have been able (and I as- 
 
 f Walpole's Memoirs, ut supr. p. 176.
 
 12 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 sure your Lordship I have not stolen even 
 one) to obtain twenty-nine Greek Manu- 
 scripts, containing the Gospels or Epistles. 
 We have only gotten three Manuscripts 
 on profane literature ; viz. a Libanius ; an 
 Eutropius, with a continuation ; and a 
 History of the Siege of Thessalonica by 
 the Latins, in the time of Count Baldwin. 
 Most of the Manuscripts are upon vellum, 
 and some undoubtedly very ancient. Nor 
 have I, my Lord, been less fortunate in 
 my Arabic acquisitions ; having ransacked 
 the bazaars at Constantinople so frequently, 
 that I think I have obtained all the valuable 
 books in this language that the shops con- 
 tained ; at least, all those whose price was 
 not too great for me to attempt the pur- 
 chase. My Arabian Manuscripts amount 
 to nearly 100, picked out of at least forty 
 times that number, and consisting (as far 
 as my knowledge enabled me to form a 
 judgment) of some of the best historians,
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 13 
 
 biographers, natural historians, geogra- 
 phers, and poets, in the language. So that 
 upon the whole, my Lord, I cannot but 
 flatter myself that the collection of Manu- 
 scripts which I have formed is one of the 
 most valuable ever sent at one time to 
 England." 
 
 In a letter, dated in the following April, 
 to the latter of the aforenamed Prelates, the 
 Professor is more particular in the relation 
 of what he had acquired, and truly inte- 
 resting in the narrative of what preceded 
 his hazardous labour and the successful 
 issue of it. " g After leaving Constantino- 
 ple, and spending sixteen or seventeen 
 most interesting days upon the Troad, I 
 proceeded by the route of Tenedos and 
 Lemnos to the Holy Mountain. In my 
 voyage between the two last places I was 
 
 5 Walpole's Memoirs, ut supr. p. 194, et seq.
 
 14 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 exposed to a most dreadful storm, which 
 we have every reason to believe proved 
 fatal to several vessels, of the same size as 
 ours, that quitted Lemnos in company 
 with us. But a merciful God thought fit 
 to preserve us. After being buffeted about 
 in our little caique for upwards of twelve 
 hours, we were safely landed under the 
 hospitable walls of one of the Monasteries 
 in the peninsula of Mount Athos. As I 
 had previously provided myself with letters 
 both from the government and the Patri- 
 arch, I was received with every mark of 
 kindness, and introduced into every repo- 
 sitory that I wished to examine. The 
 whole number of convents upon the moun- 
 tain consists of twenty-two ; and each of 
 these is furnished with a Library of Manu- 
 scripts, more or less numerous according 
 to the wealth and importance of the so- 
 ciety to which it belongs. During my 
 stay, which consisted of rather more than
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 15 
 
 three weeks, I think I may venture to say 
 I did not omit examining one Manuscript, 
 which I had an opportunity of looking at 
 on Mount Athos. I believe their number 
 amounted to almost 13,000. And unless 
 there may be a few ecclesiastical authors 
 deposited in some private hands, I do not 
 conceive that there are any existing on the 
 mountain which we did not inspect. From 
 the specimens of Monastic Libraries which 
 I had before examined, I own I did not 
 entertain much hopes of finding any of the 
 grand desiderata in profane literature. And 
 to confess the truth, my Lord, I have not 
 been disappointed. For except one Copy 
 of the Iliad, and another of the Odyssey ; 
 a few of the edited Plays of the different 
 Tragedians ; a Copy of Pindar and 
 Hesiod ; the Orations of Demosthenes and 
 ^Eschines ; parts of Aristotle ; Copies of 
 Philo and Josephus ; we did not meet with 
 any thing, during the whole of our re-
 
 16 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 searches, that could be called classical. 
 We found however a number of very valua- 
 ble Manuscripts of the New Testament; 
 though certainly none so old, by some cen- 
 turies, as either the Alexandrian Codex* 
 or the Manuscript of Beza ; indeed I think 
 / have myself procured some Manuscripts 
 of the New Testament from Monasteries in 
 the neighbourhood of Constantinople, as old 
 as any I saw in the Libraries of Mount 
 Athos. We met with only two Copies of 
 parts of the Septuagint ; and not one Ma- 
 nuscript, of any consequence, in either 
 Syriac or Hebrew." 
 
 The next reference must be to the valua- 
 ble narrative of Dr. Hunt, the companion 
 of the Professor's labours. And from this 
 some particulars may be extracted, as well 
 subservient to the illustration of their joint 
 diligence, as to the explanation of the 
 fruits of it finding their way into the Lam-
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 17 
 
 ,beth Library. What excited this diligence, 
 "was an opinion, which had long been pre- 
 valent, that the Libraries in the palaces 
 of the Grand Seignior, and in the city of 
 Constantinople, contained some important 
 Greek Manuscripts, which had escaped 
 the destruction occasioned by the Turks 
 in the year 1453. " h During our resi- 
 dence at Constantinople," Dr. Hunt there- 
 fore says, " Mr. Carlyle and myself visited 
 all the Monasteries of the Greek Monks, 
 or Caloyers, on the Princes' Islands, in the 
 Sea of Marmora. Their names are Prin- 
 kipo, Chalke, Prote, Antigone, Oxia, Platia. 
 The Manuscripts in their Libraries did not 
 contain a single classical fragment ; but 
 there were many Copies on pa/per and 
 vellum of different parts of the New Tes- 
 tament, written apparently about the llth, 
 12th, and 13th centuries : The most beau- 
 
 h Walpole's Memoirs, ut supr. p. 85. 
 C
 
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 tiful of these we bought from the Monks, 
 who use printed books in the service of 
 the Church, and attach little value to 
 their ancient Manuscripts. These are now 
 deposited in the Archbishop of Canter- 
 bury s Library at Lambeth. 
 
 " In the collegiate-house belonging to 
 the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem, who re- 
 sides at Constantinople, we found a very 
 well furnished Library, including a consi- 
 derable number of Manuscripts, the greater 
 part of them on subjects connected with 
 theology and ecclesiastical history; but 
 none of them of very high antiquity. There 
 were also a few detached fragments of some 
 of the Greek classics. The Patriarch be- 
 haved to us with the utmost liberality, not 
 pnly sending one of his chaplains to assist 
 us in making a Catalogue of the Library, 
 but allowing us to take any of the Manu- 
 scripts we might wish to send to England
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 19 
 
 for the purpose of being examined and col- 
 lated. Such as we thought interesting or 
 curious were forwarded to London, along 
 with those procured from the Princes 
 Islands ; and they are now in the Archie- 
 piscopal Library at Lambeth. 
 
 " The result of our labours was, that 
 we examined every Library within our 
 reach, which was likely to contain any 
 valuable Manuscript, and that we sent to 
 London twenty-seven Codices of different 
 parts of the New Testament, besides an 
 Arabic and a Persian Version. In addi- 
 tion to these Mr. Carlyle procured a num- 
 ber of Oriental Manuscripts relating to 
 history and poetry. These, since his de- 
 cease, have been purchased by the East 
 India Company." 
 
 Dr. Hunt afterwards mentions another 
 great object of Mr. Carlyle and himself, 
 
 c2
 
 20 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 namely, to examine the ancient Manuscripts 
 in the different Convents of Mount Athos. 
 " ! Our stay being delayed," he says, " at 
 [the Convent of] Batopaidi, we had an op- 
 portunity of forming some acquaintances in 
 the Convent. Our inquiries respecting the 
 Library of the Convent were always eva- 
 ded ; and at length we were told that the 
 Manuscripts were merely Rituals and Li- 
 turgies of the Greek Church, and in very 
 bad condition. On pressing our request 
 to be admitted to see them, and adding 
 that it had been the primary object of our 
 visit, we were shewn into a room where 
 these old tattered volumes were thrown to- 
 gether in the greatest confusion, mostly 
 without beginning or end, worm-eaten, 
 damaged by mice, and mouldy with damp. 
 We found Copies of the New Testament 
 not older than the twelfth and thirteenth 
 
 ' Walpole's Memoirs, ut supr. p. 201.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 21 
 
 centuries, and a variety of theological 
 works, of Chrysostome, Basil, Gregory of 
 Nazianzum, and others ; and an infinity of 
 Liturgies, Canons, and Church-Histories. 
 The only interesting Manuscripts we saw 
 were two Tragedies of ^Eschylus, the Iliad, 
 a Copy of that very ancient poem the Ba- 
 trachomyomachia ; the works of Demo- 
 sthenes, Athenaeus, Lysias, Galen ; some 
 parts of Aristotle, Hippocrates, and Plato ; 
 two Copies of the Apocalypse, and the 
 Jewish History of Josephus : but none *of 
 them bore marks of remote antiquity. We 
 requested permission to take them to Eng- 
 land for the purpose of having them colla- 
 ted with our printed Copies ; but the He- 
 goumenos said, he could not grant it, with- 
 out express leave in writing from the Patri- 
 arch of Constantinople" 
 
 After the visit of the two travellers to 
 the Libraries of the other Convents of
 
 22 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 Mount Athos, from which it does not ap- 
 pear that they either wished to borrow or 
 to purchase any Manuscript ; Dr. Hunt 
 thus concludes. " k We had now made a 
 complete investigation of all the Libraries 
 in the Monasteries of this peninsula, and 
 taken Catalogues of all the Manuscripts 
 they contain ; each of which we had our- 
 selves individually examined. The state 
 in which we found these tattered and 
 mouldy volumes, cum blattis et tineis pug- 
 nantes, often without beginnings or end- 
 ings, rendered the task very tedious ; and 
 our patience was put to a very severe trial 
 by not once discovering an unedited frag- 
 ment of any classical author." The learned 
 reader is finally gratified with this recapi- 
 tulation by Dr. Hunt : " ! The Libraries 
 
 k Walpole's Memoirs, ut supr. p. 220. 
 
 1 Walpole's Memoirs, ut supr. pp. 220, 221.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 23 
 
 in the Islands of the sea of Marmora, and 
 ef Mount Athos ; of the Patriarch at Con" 
 stantinople, and of St. Saba near Jerusa- 
 lem; were carefully examined by Mr. Car- 
 lyle or myself." 
 
 With these preliminary notifications in 
 mind, the reader will materially assist his 
 observation in what follows. 
 
 On the 17th March, 1806, Mrs. M. Car- 
 lyle, the sister of the Professor, informed 
 the Archbishop of Canterbury by letter, 
 that she had forwarded to his Grace two 
 boxes of Greek Manuscripts, collected by 
 Dr. Hunt and her late brother. In this 
 letter, Mrs. Carlyle states, that " all the 
 accounts she has of the Codices is contain- 
 ed in the Hints printed by Mr. Carlyle for 
 the use of the gentlemen who were to have 
 assisted him in the collation ; of which she
 
 24 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 has taken the liberty of putting two [copies], 
 in the boxes : by which the Archbishop 
 will see, the letter and number, in the first 
 leaf of each Codex, will ascertain the place 
 where it was procured. Mrs. Carlyle be- 
 lieves most, if not all, of the other large 
 Manuscripts were brought by her brother 
 from Syria. The Arabic and Syriac Copies, 
 which she has likewise sent to the Arch- 
 bishop, she always understood, were Mr. 
 Carlyle's own. Of the former she has no 
 doubt, as his name is marked with a pencil 
 at the beginning by himself." 
 
 Dr. Hunt had before addressed a letter 
 to his Grace, bearing the date of Feb. 28 y 
 1806 ; in which he says, " in compliance 
 with your Grace's request I have the 
 honour of sending you extracts from the 
 letters of my late friend Professor Carlyle, 
 respecting the Manuscripts collected by us
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 25 
 
 in the East ; as well as a copy of what his 
 sister has written in answer to my proposal 
 of transferring them to your Grace." 
 
 The first part of this communication is 
 the whole of the Professor's letter to those 
 gentlemen whom he wished to assist him 
 in the business of collation, which has been 
 printed in the Preface to the Catalogue of 
 the Manuscripts preserved in the Library 
 at Lambeth Palace, as the greater part of 
 it also has been in other compilations. It 
 is necessary here to reprint it. 
 
 " Dear Sir, 
 
 " Upon looking over and arranging the 
 different Manuscripts which I have brought 
 from the East, I find the Greek ones, con- 
 taining the New Testament, either wholly 
 or in part to be much more valuable as 
 well as numerous, compared with those 
 already known, than I apprehended. For, I
 
 26 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 believe, they amount to near a tenth part of 
 all the Manuscripts of the New Testament 
 that have yet been examined in Europe. 
 
 " Some of these Manuscripts are only 
 lent me for the purpose of collation ; at 
 least I am bound to return them to the 
 Patriarch of Jerusalem, should he ever 
 demand them. I am very desirous there- 
 fore of having the whole number of Codices 
 I possess collated as soon as possible. In 
 order to bring this about, I have deter- 
 mined to make application to my different 
 clerical friends whom I conceive equal to 
 the task, and who would not dislike such 
 an employment, to lend me then* assistance 
 in completing my plan. It is on this ac- 
 count I now address myself to you, having 
 no doubt of your possessing the first of the 
 two requisites I have mentioned, and trust 
 that you feel the second.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 27 
 
 " It is unnecessary for me to say any 
 thing with regard to the m utility of such a 
 
 m The plan of the Professor for publishing an edition 
 of the Greek Testament, is more fully detailed by the 
 gentleman, whose character of his learned friend has 
 already been copied ; and is too important to be 
 omitted in a description of some of the materials which 
 were to form it. " It was intended not only to com- 
 prise all the Various Readings collected by former edi- 
 tors, together with those of a numerous selection of 
 Manuscripts which he had himself made in Syria, 
 Palestine, and the Grecian Islands ; and which, at 
 the period of his death, were in the hands of several 
 gentlemen who had undertaken to collate them ; but 
 also to exhibit the variations between the different 
 printed editions. In the paper, to which I refer, Mr. 
 Carlyle, without entering into a detailed account of 
 this part of his plan, states, that, ' if his proposals 
 meet with encouragement from the public, he means 
 to give all the various readings that have been pub- 
 lished by previous editors of the New Testament 
 which are not found to be erroneous. But as most of 
 these editors have made use of a different text from, 
 that of Mills (by which he proposed to collate his 
 MSS.) in adapting their various readings, it will be
 
 28 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 scheme, as it is now universally acknow- 
 ledged that Collation is the true basis of 
 
 necessary to collate the text of each of these editions 
 with that of Mills, and to mark down every variation 
 from Mills's text in the same manner as the various 
 readings of a MS. Such a collation will occasion 
 some trouble, but it will also be attended with consi- 
 derable advantage, as it will afford an opportunity of 
 comparing, at one glance, different editions of the 
 Greek Testament with each other, and observing the 
 several alterations that have been inserted in the text 
 by the respective editors.' 
 
 " To facilitate the execution of this part of his 
 comprehensive plan, it was his design to have ar- 
 ranged all the printed Testaments under two general 
 classes, viz. standard copies, i. e. those which have 
 been admitted as received texts, including all those 
 which have strictly followed them ; and independent 
 editions, i. e. such as have followed no particular es- 
 tablished text, but have been formed by their respec- 
 tive editors according to their own judgment. Under 
 this last class he proposed to arrange such editions as 
 those of Matthaei, Alter, Woide, and Kipling, on ac- 
 count of their being printed from some uncollated
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 29 
 
 all Biblical Criticism. But I will add, that 
 if you favour me with your assistance, 
 
 codices. By this arrangement a very considerable 
 degree of labour would have been avoided, since by 
 collating only those standard copies in the first class 
 which varied from each other, the necessity of colla- 
 ting any subsequent editions that professedly followed 
 them would be entirely done away. The editions in 
 the second class professing to follow no previous 
 copy, but being formed either directly from some 
 unprinted codex, or varying from the received texts 
 by the admission of readings presumed to be superior 
 or more authentic, such as those of Colinaeus, Bengel, 
 Bowyer, Griesbach, &c. would of course all require 
 to be distinctly collated. 
 
 " Much and deeply for the interests of sacred lite- 
 rature in particular is it to be regretted, that this 
 truly eminent and indefatigable critic should have 
 been cut off in the midst of this and other unaccom- 
 plished schemes of literary usefulness. When the 
 MSS. were returned in consequence of his death, a 
 very small proportion of them, not, I believe, above 
 three or four, had been completely collated, nor any 
 one of the printed editions even commenced. As one
 
 30 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 the trouble to yourself will not be great. 
 I shall not think of requesting you to col- 
 
 of those to whom a share of the labour had been as- 
 signed, I cannot but lament that a work of such obvious 
 importance should be abandoned. The particular part 
 which Mr. C. proposed to take himself in his intended 
 work, was to have arranged in regular order for pub- 
 lication the various readings which each of the gen- 
 tlemen, who engaged to collate the Greek codices, 
 would have supplied from the MS. committed to his 
 care. Besides these collations, he had moreover de- 
 signed to obtain the various readings of several codi- 
 ces yet remaining uncollated in the public libraries of 
 this kingdom, as well as from the re-collation of many 
 which former editors of the New Testament had not 
 opportunities of investigating. But the great and 
 important part of his extensive plan, which he chiefly 
 reserved for himself, was the collation of the Eastern 
 versions. Though in this very laborious undertaking 
 he had the benefit of some assistance, especially from 
 Mr. Moises, a gentleman considerably skilled in ori- 
 ental literature, and advantageously known from a 
 very useful grammar of the Persian language, which 
 forms one of the regular books of study in the East 
 India service, yet still the most material part devolved
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 31 
 
 late the whole of the New Testament, but 
 only the Epistles, or the Acts and Epis- 
 tles, as you like. 
 
 upon himself. The extent to which he intended to 
 carry this part of his design will appear from the fol- 
 lowing enumeration which he has given of his oriental 
 manuscripts. 
 
 " Mr. Carlyle hopes to supply, by his own exer- 
 tions, and the assistance of some of his friends 
 skilled in Eastern literature, what has been hitherto 
 one of the great desiderata in biblical criticism ; viz. 
 to examine accurately the ancient oriental versions of 
 the New Testament, which have been generally quoted 
 only through the media of miserable Latin transla- 
 tions, and to add their various readings" to his col- 
 lection of Greek ones. " These versions are chiefly, 
 1. The Syriac one of the Peshito, supposed to be not 
 much posterior to the first or second century : this 
 Mr. C. trusts completely to investigate. 2. The 
 Syriac one of Philoxenus, where it has not been al- 
 ready examined with accuracy by others. 3. The 
 Arabic one contained in the Polyglot, the text of 
 which Mr. C. is now engaged in publishing. 4. The 
 Arabic one of Erpenius, which, as it is unaccompa-
 
 32 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 " The Manuscripts have no contractions, 
 and are in general written in a large hand ; 
 so that when two or three trials have fa- 
 miliarized your eye to the few letters which 
 
 nied by a translation, has hitherto been seldom 
 quoted. 5. An Arabic MS. of the four Gospels, 
 brought by Mr. C. from Constantinople. 6. The 
 Persic version of the Gospels given in the Polyglot. 
 7. The Persic version of the Gospels edited by 
 Wheeloc. 8. The Hebrew version of St. Matthew's 
 Gospel, and of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Besides 
 the above, Mr. C. hopes to be able to enrich his 
 work with the various readings of some other versions 
 that have not yet been published in any edition of the 
 New Testament." Athenaeum, vol. ii. p. 122. et seq. 
 p. 333, et seq. Some collations, made by gentlemen 
 to whom Mr. Carlyle applied, are preserved among 
 other papers relating to his collection in the Lambeth 
 Library ; they are the labours of the Rev. Mr. Farrer, 
 the Rev. Mr. Forster, the Rev. Mr. Sanderson, the 
 Rev. Mr. Ekins, the Rev. Mr. Bolton, the Rev. Mr. 
 Bennet, the Rev. Mr. Symons, and the Rev. Mr. 
 Fenton ; and they belong to three of the copies re- 
 turned to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, viz. one of 
 those marked C, and two of those marked /.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 33 
 
 differ in form from our common alphabet, 
 the difficulty in comparing the Manuscript 
 with a printed copy will not be much 
 greater than that of comparing two printed 
 copies with each other. This is all that is 
 requisite to be done, except marking every 
 discrepancy between the Manuscript and 
 the published text with accuracy. And as 
 I should not think of publishing the vari- 
 ous readings for at least a year, I should 
 hope the intermediate time would give you 
 an opportunity of granting my request 
 without interfering with your other avoca- 
 tions. 
 
 " I need scarcely add that, when the 
 work appears, the names of those gentle- 
 men, who have assisted me in it, will be 
 given in the preface with every acknow- 
 ledgment that their kindness has deserved. 
 
 " I shall be obliged to you for as early 
 D
 
 34 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 an answer as is convenient ; as, should you 
 favour me with your help, I should furnish 
 you with a Manuscript, either of the Gos- 
 pels or Acts and Epistles, by the middle 
 of next month, when I expect to be in 
 your part of the world. And, should you 
 think proper to decline my proposal, which 
 I trust you will do without hesitation if 
 you dislike it, I must look around for some 
 other assistant in your room. 
 
 " I am, &c. &c. 
 
 " J. D. CARLYLE." 
 
 After this letter, Dr. Hunt, in his com- 
 munication to the Archbishop of Canter- 
 bury, details what Mrs. Carlyle denomi- 
 nates the Hints ; which also have appeared 
 in some publications, and are here again 
 required in illustration of the object of 
 these pages.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 35 
 
 " Mr. Carlyle's collection of Manuscripts 
 of the New Testament, like every other 
 numerous one formed in the East, is com- 
 posed of Codices of five different kinds ; 
 viz. 
 
 " First, Those containing the Gospels, 
 which are always arranged according to 
 the order observed in our Canon. Of these 
 there are ten Greek Codices, and an Arabic 
 one. 
 
 " Secondly, Those containing the Acts 
 and Epistles ; where the several books are 
 generally, though not always, arranged in 
 the following manner. First, the Acts ; 
 then the Catholic Epistles of James, i. of 
 Peter, ii. of Peter, i. of John, iL of John, 
 iii. of John, Jude ; after these come St. 
 Paul's Epistles ; and lastly, that to the 
 Hebrews. Of these there are seven Co- 
 dices. 
 
 D 2
 
 36 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 " Thirdly, The Book of Revelations. 
 Of this we have only one Codex. 
 
 " Fourthly, Evangelistaria, i. e. Selec- 
 tions from the Gospels, some containing 
 more, and some fewer, of these selections, 
 not arranged according to the order in 
 which they naturally stand, but according 
 to that in which they are appointed to be 
 read, as lections or lessons, by the Greek 
 ritual. Of these there are four Codices. 
 
 " Fifthly, Praxapostoloi, i. e. similar se- 
 lections from the Acts and Epistles, placed 
 like the foregoing, according to the order 
 in which they are appointed to be read. 
 Of these we have five Codices. 
 
 " These two last species go under the 
 common name of Lectionaria. 
 
 11 The whole of the present Manuscripts
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 37 
 
 were either brought by Mr. Carlyle from 
 Syria ; or furnished by the Patriarch of 
 Jerusalem, from his library at Constanti- 
 nople, or, lastly, collected by Mr. Hunt 
 and Mr. Carlyle in the Islands of the Ar- 
 chipelago, and of the Sea of Marmora. 
 They are therefore divided into three 
 classes, each marked with the initial letter 
 of the source from whence it came. If 
 from Syria, with S; if from Constantinople, 
 with C; if from the Islands, with /. The 
 different Codices that belong to each class, 
 will be numbered 1, 2, 3, &c. By this 
 means every Manuscript will have its ap- 
 propriate and peculiar designation." 
 
 < 
 
 To the preceding remarks there was the 
 following addition in Dr. Hunt's letter. 
 " There are also some fragments of classi- 
 cal works in Greek, particularly of Aristo- 
 phanes, Aristotle, Demosthenes, &c." But 
 no mention is made of any Manuscript be-
 
 38 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 longing to others ; while indeed some frag- 
 ments of very great importance, not here 
 enumerated by Dr. Hunt, were sent, and 
 have been reclaimed. Dr. Hunt subjoined 
 the following extract from Mrs. Carlyle's let- 
 ter to himself, dated Feb. 24, 1806. " As to 
 the Manuscripts, I think that, as the sur- 
 vivor, you have an undoubted right to dis- 
 pose of those brought from Constantinople 
 in any way you please ; nor could you 
 have fixed upon any place more agreeable 
 to me to deposit them in, than under the 
 patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. 
 I shall therefore with the utmost satisfac- 
 tion consign those brought by my brother 
 from the Monastery of St. Saba in Syria, 
 and those collected by him in that neigh- 
 bourhood, to his Grace. As to those 
 purchased by yourself and my brother in 
 the Sea of Marmora, my share shall cer- 
 tainly go with the rest. It would give me 
 great pain to separate what has cost us so
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 39 
 
 dear to collect together. At the same time 
 I do not conceive myself authorized to re- 
 fuse any compensation for them which the 
 Archbishop, after inspection, may think 
 proper to make me. My brother, the day 
 before he died, said to me that as his un- 
 fortunate journey had been attended with 
 a great pecuniary loss to his family, I must 
 make what I could of his Manuscripts for 
 the benefit of his daughter. I am there- 
 fore at this time in treaty with the India 
 Company about the purchase of the Arabic 
 ones ; but I shall try to separate from them 
 the Arabic Version of the New Testament, 
 which I cannot suppose is a particular ob- 
 ject with them. I shall also send to the 
 Archbishop a Syriac Manuscript of the 
 n N. T. which I believe my brother consi- 
 dered to be the most valuable Manuscript 
 
 " This is a mistake. See the list of the Manuscripts 
 presently given.
 
 40 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 he had. I shall also send the collations 
 that had been made at the time of his 
 death, together with the small Manuscripts 
 and fragments brought by my brother and 
 yourself from Mount Athos. I should wish 
 to keep the Latin Manuscript of Eutropius 
 as a relic, and as being of no value to the 
 scholar or antiquary : but if you feel any 
 scruple, pray have none in telling me so ; 
 and it shall be sent with the rest to his 
 Grace, as soon as I hear again from you." 
 
 Such were the notices, and no other, 
 respecting these important Manuscripts, 
 given by the sister and the friend of the 
 late Professor. Nor was any further com- 
 munication transmitted with them, or re- 
 ceived respecting them, till about ten 
 years after they had been deposited in the 
 Lambeth Library. 
 
 In the Professor's letter upon the sub-
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 41 
 
 ject of collation, and in the Hints subser- 
 vient to that business, which have been 
 cited, the acknowledgment from the Pro- 
 fessor however, will not be forgotten ; that 
 some of these Manuscripts of the New Tes- 
 tament were only lent him for the purpose 
 of collation ; at least that he was bound to 
 return them to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, 
 should he ever demand them; and that 
 those, furnished by the Patriarch of Jeru- 
 salem from his Library at Constantinople, 
 were marked with the letter C. 
 
 The two boxes, which Mrs. Carlyle has 
 mentioned, were opened in the Lambeth 
 Library on the 24th of April 1806, in the 
 presence of the Right Rev. Dr. Dampier 
 at that time Lord Bishop of Rochester, 
 (afterwards of Ely,) the Rev. Dr. Charles 
 Burney, and the compiler of these pages, 
 who was then the keeper of the Archiepis- 
 copal manuscripts and records. They con-
 
 42 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 tained thirty-seven volumes of various sizes; 
 four of which were numbered and dis- 
 tinguished by the letter C ; eighteen, in like 
 manner, by the letter /; and five, by S. The 
 rest of the Codices had none of these dis- 
 tinctive marks ; six having no distinction 
 whatever ; one, that of the Greek letter ; 
 one, that of L VT ; one, that of I A * ; and 
 the last, that of Carlyle, It was of course 
 believed, that those only, which were mark- 
 ed C, were not intended to be fixed in the 
 Lambeth Library ; and, upon this belief, 
 prices were fixed upon the rest, after seve- 
 
 " When your Grace purchased from me the MSS. 
 brought by my late brother from the East, I informed 
 your Grace of the circumstance that some of them 
 were liable to be reclaimed ; and in consequence four 
 of the MSS. were not included in the valuation. 
 These four were all that, at that time, I thought it 
 possible could be reclaimed." Letter from Mrs. Car- 
 lyle to the Archbishop of Canterbury, dated Aug. 19. 
 1816.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 43 
 
 ral examinations of them, which the Arch- 
 bishop of Canterbury approved and paid. 
 Thefollowingthirty-three volumes, (the four 
 which were marked C having never been 
 entered in the Lambeth Catalogue, because 
 they were reserved for the demand of the 
 Patriarch of Jerusalem,) are here exactly 
 described from the notices already given 
 of them in the printed account of the 
 Archiepiscopal Manuscripts, yet with some 
 additions, now requisite, subjoined in 
 notes ; and those which have been reclaimed 
 from this number, and have consequently 
 left their places in his Grace's Library, 
 are the following, viz. No. 1180, No. 1181, 
 No. 1184, No. 1198, No. 1202, No. 1206. 
 
 They are here recited, as this account 
 of the Manuscripts may meet the eye of 
 many who have not seen the Lambeth Ca- 
 talogue, and to whom the information of 
 the existence of these departed treasures 
 may at least be interesting.
 
 44 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 No. 1175. p Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xi. aut ineun. xii. 
 
 Quatuor Evangeliorum Codex. Desunt 
 duodecim commata priora primi capitis S. 
 Matthcei. Ad finem Codicis, sequuntur 
 pars ultimi commat. septimi capitis S. Jo- 
 annis, et octavi priora undecim, in folio 
 
 UniCO. Incipit, KUI eTropcvSr/ f/ca-roc iC TOV ot/cov 
 aurov. \I}<SOVQ e tTropeuST) etc TO opoq TWV eXatwv, 
 
 K. T. X. LI. In hoc et in seqq. Codd. 
 Nov. Test. Variantium Lectionum messis 
 inveniri queat. [Vide Preface to the Lam- 
 beth Catalogued] 
 
 P Dr. Burney was afterwards of opinion, that this 
 Codex was of greater antiquity, and might probably 
 be ascribed to the latter part of the tenth or beginning 
 of the eleventh century. It may be proper here to 
 mention that Dr. Burney has collated the Gospel of 
 St. Mark from this MS. viz. No. 1175, and from No. 
 1176, 1178, 1179, and 1192; and has left this his 
 very important labour in nine fasciculi, which are now 
 in the Lambeth Library ; as are the rest of his obser- 
 vations, here mentioned, upon the Lambeth MSS.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 45 
 
 No. 1176. q Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xiii. 
 
 Quatuor Evangeliorum Codex. In folio 
 
 primo figures qucedam miniat. et deaurat. 
 
 pcenb evanidte. Sequuntur Evangeliorum 
 
 Capita. In fide Codicis (chartac.) Xpovucov 
 
 Kara aapKa TOV Kvptou ijjtiwv Irjffou Xpirou. I. 2. 
 
 No. 1177. Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xii. 
 
 Quatuor Evangeliorum Codex. In initio 
 valde mutilus. I. 3. 
 
 q This Codex Dr. Burney also thought to be more 
 ancient, and to belong perhaps to the eleventh cen- 
 tury ; and he has pronounced it a Manuscript eximia 
 nota. Others have thought it of a later age. 
 
 r Of this Codex Dr. Burney has given an analysis, 
 although he has considered it a Manuscript of little 
 worth. " Mendis erratisque ita scatet," he says, " ut 
 scriptorum imperitia et oscitantia luculentissimum jiat 
 argumentum"
 
 46 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 No. 1178. s Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto. Sec. x. 
 
 Quatuor Evangeliorum Codex. Desunt 
 priora septem commata, et octavi pars 
 prim. cap. S. Matthaei. Hunc Codicem 
 commendat scriptura nitidissima. I. 4. 
 
 No. 1179. l Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xiL 
 
 s Upon this Codex Dr. Burney has bestowed a very 
 minute analysis. It may here be added, that of this 
 ancient Manuscript " in quibusdam locis ita evanidum 
 est atramentum, ut ex styli ferrei impressione voces et 
 sententi& tantummodo legi possint. Accentus tres," Dr. 
 Burney observes, " et spiritus duplices notantur ; et 
 plerumque lura. adscriptum propriis verbis adnectitur" 
 
 * Of this Codex, which he afterwards considered as 
 ancient as the preceding, Dr. Burney has also given 
 a critical analysis ; and it is entitled by him Codex 
 prastantissimus, while at the same time he laments its 
 imperfection both at the beginning and the end.
 
 LAMBETH LIBRARY. 47 
 
 Quatuor Evangeliorum Codex. In initio 
 et in fine mutilus. I. 5. 
 
 No. 1180. u Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 Sec. xiv. [Reclaimed.] 
 
 Quatuor Evangeliorum Codex. I. 6. 
 
 No. 1181. Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 Sec. xiv. [Reclaimed.] 
 
 Acta Apostolorum, Epistolas Catholicas 
 et Pauli omnes, complectitur hie Codex. 
 I. 7. 
 
 No. 1182. Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 Sec. xii. 
 
 Acta Apostolorum, Epp. Catholicas et 
 
 u Dr. Burney has drawn up some particulars re- 
 specting this Manuscript which is no longer in the 
 Lambeth collection.
 
 Pauli omiies, complectitur hie Codex. 
 Epistolae primae S. Joannis conclusio, et 
 reliq. ad finem Codicis, a diversa manu 
 exarata sunt. I. 8. 
 
 No. 1183. Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 Sec. xiv. 
 
 Acta Apostolorum, Epp. Catholicas et 
 Pauli omnes, complectitur hie Codex. I. 9. 
 
 No. 1184. Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 Sec. xv. [Reclaimed.] 
 
 Acta Apostolorum, Epp. Catholicas et 
 
 NPauli omnes, complectitur hie Codex, 
 
 In initio mutilus. Incipit, TT <ro</>ia K<U TO> 
 
 irvf.vp.aTi w cXaXft, Act. Ap. Cap. 6. COH1. 10. 
 
 A divers^- manu duo folia, Codicem clau- 
 dentia, exarata sunt. I. 10. 
 
 No. 1185. Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 Sec. xv.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 49 
 
 Acta Apostolorum, Epp. Catholicas et 
 Pauli omnes, complectitur hie Codex. In 
 fine mutilus. I. 11. 
 
 No. 1186. x Codex membranaceus t in 
 quarto. Sec. xi. 
 
 Pauli Epistolas, et Apocalypsin, com- 
 plectitur hie Codex. Mutilus autem in 
 initio et in fine. Incipit, Rom. xvi. ver. 15. 
 
 Trav [_SC. OAujUTravJ <cai TOUC <ruv avroie, K. T. A. 
 Post Verba ETTI ry 0povy, Xcyovrtg 'A/ir/v, Rev. 
 
 cap. xix. ver. 4. lacuna valde deflenda. 
 L 12, 13. 
 
 No. 1187. Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xiii. 
 
 Lectionarium ex Evangeliis. I. 14. 
 
 -* This Codex perhaps may be pronounced as the 
 most valuable of the whole biblical collection. 
 
 E
 
 50 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 No. 1188. Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xiii. 
 
 Lectionarium ex Evangeliis. I. 15. 
 
 No. 1189. Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto. Sec. xiii. 
 
 Lectionarium ex Evangeliis. I. 16. 
 
 No. 1190. Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xiii. 
 
 Acta Apostolorum, Epp. Catholicas et 
 Pauli omnes, olim continebat hie Codex. 
 In medio et in fine valde mutilus, laceratus, 
 exustus. Scripturam exhibet nitidam, lite- 
 ris saepissime deauratis. I. 17. 
 
 No. 1191. Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xiii.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 51 
 
 Lectionarium ex App. Actis et Epistolis. 
 In initio et in fine Codex mutilus. I. 18. 
 
 No. 1192. y Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto. Sec. xiii. 
 
 Quatuor Evangeliorum Codex perpul- 
 cher. S. 1. 
 
 No. 1193. Codex membranaceus , in 
 quarto, Sec. xiii. 
 
 Lectionarium ex Evangeliis. In fine 
 mutilum. S. 2. 
 
 No. 1194. Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xiii. 
 
 y This is the last of the Biblical Manuscripts col- 
 lated by Dr. Burney, who agrees as to the age as- 
 signed to it. 
 
 E2
 
 52 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 Lectionarium ex Apostolorum Actis et 
 Epistolis. In fine mutilum. Scriptura 
 nitidissima, literis seepe deauratis. S. 3. 
 
 No. 1195. Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xiii. 
 
 Lectionarium ex App. Actis et Epp. 
 In initio mutilum. S. 4. 
 
 No. 1196. Codex membranaceus, in 
 quarto, Sec. xiii. 
 
 Lectionarium ex App. Actis et Epp. 
 In fine mutilum. S. 5. 
 
 No. 1197. Codex chartaceus, in octavo, 
 folior. 32. 
 
 1. Chrysostomi Homilia, Gr. Spuria ac 
 prcetermissa. Vid. Chrysost. Opp. torn. xiii. 
 p. 316. edit. Bened./o/. 1.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 53 
 
 2. ETTtToXn TOU KUplOU 7J/UWV IjJffOU XptSOU 
 
 e or/tag Kupiafoje- ,/0/. 5. 
 
 3. Pieces, Gr. fol 11. 
 
 No. 1198. Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 Sec. xii. [Reclaimed.] 
 
 Lectiones ex Psalmis et Prophetiis Vet. 
 Test. 
 
 No. 1199. Codex chartaceus, in quarto. 
 
 v ^povoypa^ov. Incipit, ATT* a 
 7rotTj<TE o 0ot; Tov ovpavoy %wpte a^pwv. 
 
 No. 1200. z Codex chartaceus, in quarto 
 min. 
 
 z This Codex has been mistakenly described from 
 the account sent with the Manuscripts. It is a Syriac 
 Psalter, and appears to have been derived from the 
 Maronites.
 
 54 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 Quatuor Evangeliorum Codex Syriacus. 
 
 No. 1201. Codex chartaceus, in quarto. 
 Quatuor Evangeliorum Codex Arabicus. 
 
 No. 1202. Codex chartaceus, in quarto. 
 [Reclaimed.] 
 
 Lectiones ex Veteri Testamento. 
 
 No. 1203. Codex chartaceus, in quarto 
 min. folior. 58. 
 
 1. Dionysii Periegesis, Graece. Deest 
 folium primum. fol. 1. 
 
 2. ^Eschyli Persa?, cum Argumento. 
 Gr. fol. 27. Lectiones quasdam melioris 
 notae exhibet hie Codex. Mutilum vero 
 folium 56. 
 
 No. 1204. Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 folior. 68,
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 55 
 
 Aristotelis Problemata XXXVIII. Gr. 
 Codex autem in initio et in fine, blattamm 
 tinearumque industria, valde mutilus. In- 
 cipit sectione |3, scil. "Oaa w^l ifywra, (confer. 
 Aristot. Opp. fol Lugdun. 1590, vol. 2. p. 
 
 395.) his Verbis, ov yap ravro 7r/oooSo7roitreu, ad 
 
 finem sectionis. Sectionis -y, S, t, integrae. 
 
 In Sectione ''Offo t/c TOU TTWC KtiaSai, K. T. X. 
 
 variantes plurimas lectiones exhibet hie 
 Codex. Sectiones , n, 0, integrae. cTrtTo/urj </>v<r. 
 integ. Sect, ta integra. Sectio t/3 integra. 
 In sectione 17 deest quaestio ultima quae in 
 impressis invenitur. In sectione tS deest 
 etiam ultima quasstio quae in impress, in- 
 venitur. Sectio IE integra. Ad finem Sec- 
 tionis AT/, ^pl ygoav, reliquae integrae, nisi 
 quod in Codice deest ultima quaestio quae 
 in impressis invenitur. 
 
 . fol. 60. a Verba sequentia 
 
 a At this part of the description of the Codex the 
 compiler of the account of these Manuscripts desired
 
 56 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 exhibet hoc opusculum, we 
 
 et postea TTWC Ofo^pa<roc oierat. 
 
 TO Sajcpvov -yivtrai. fol. 65. 
 
 g Suverytuytj Trcpi 7ra^aSowv 
 fol. 66. Ab initio ad TTE/QC ijv Saw^a^ov TI. 
 
 Confer, edit. ut. supra, vol. 1. p. 711. 
 
 No. 1205. Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 min. 
 
 Lycophronis Cassandra, cum Argumento 
 et Scholiis. Ex initio ad finem ver, 520. 
 Notandum, quod in Codice ver. 490ponitur 
 pro ver. 480. Codex parum vetus. 
 
 the favour of illustration, which seemed requi- 
 site, from Dr. Burney. Upon reading the passage, 
 it demanded, he said, consideration ; and afterwards, 
 expressing his desire to look again " into the Aristotle 
 MS. for I have not yet been able (as he wrote to the 
 compiler of these pages) to trace the author of the 
 passage which stopped us at Lambeth" the Archbishop 
 lent him the MS. but no further remark occurred.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 57 
 
 No. 1206. b Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 foliorum 259. [Reclaimed.] 
 
 Variorum Auctorum Opuscula, partim 
 integra, partim mutila, diversis saeculis, nee 
 ab eadem manu scripta. Horum qucedam 
 sunt inedita; et in aliis Variantium Lecti- 
 onum seges estfertilis et intacta. 
 
 In initio, folia recentia xi. Sequuntur. 
 folia antiqua ccxlii. In fine, folia recentia 
 vi. In foliis xi in initio Codicis continen- 
 tur, 1. Excerpta ex Luciano, scil. ex primo 
 
 b It must be gratifying to every sound scholar to 
 know, that of this invaluable Codex Dr. Burney has 
 left a full analysis, abounding with the most curious 
 and important criticism ; which is in the Lambeth 
 MS. Library. It was indeed owing to the first criti- 
 cal examination of this book, as well as of the MS. 
 Demosthenes, No. 1207, by this most accomplished 
 master of Grecian literature, that the less extensive, 
 but careful, description of these two Codices has been 
 indebted.
 
 58 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 libro De Scribendd Historid. 2. ' 
 BaXavaov. 3. Ilapi UivOov?. Ha2c omnia a 
 recent! manu sunt, et lectu minime facilia ; 
 charactere circumductionibus nimis one- 
 rato. Ad finem Codicis quinque folia cum 
 dimidio, eadem manu scripta, Carmen se- 
 nariis scriptum monasticis exhibent. Ad 
 calcem ultimae pagina3, 1760 'Avyovarov 16. 
 
 In foliis antiquis continentur Opuscula 
 sequentia. 1. Libanii Sophist Declama- 
 tiones quinque, cum sextae initio, scil. 
 'O Nco/cXijg, cui praefigitur argumentum edito 
 plenius, rubro charactere, at pcene evanido, 
 descriptum. fol. 1. 'O et^oKX^, cui praa- 
 figitur rubro et pcene evanido charactere 
 argumentum ineditum. fol. 8. b. 'O K/^wv, 
 cui deest argumentum, et prsefigitur, 'Q? aVo 
 
 row Ki^wvoc- fol. 16. Kara Mot^alv, Cui deest 
 
 argumentum a Morello et Reiskio editum. 
 
 fol. 21. b. In fol. 3. i. e. Cod. 23. b. 
 
 Notandus est hiatus duarum linearum, in
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 59 
 
 editionibus nullis notatus : In margine d 
 
 prima manu, 'OuK aXXdJe *?v -yt-ypa/i^vov TOUTO : 
 
 Locus forsan ex Poetd quopiam desidera- 
 tur. nXoveri'ov Xoyoe : in Codice argumen- 
 tum, quod in Libris editis datur, omittitur ; 
 et aliud ineditum, rubro charactere, exhi- 
 betur. fol. 28. b. Kopiv0/o>v Xoyoc : Hujus 
 Orationis exordium tantum in Codice ser- 
 vatur : argumentum quoque omittitur. fol. 
 10. b. Hcec folia, quce Libanii Declama- 
 tiones exhibent, miro modo disjuncta sunt, 
 et temere disposita. 
 
 2. Herodotus. Ultima pars libri primi. 
 fol. 35. Initium libri secundi. fol. 41. 
 
 Post folium 58, hiatus in Codice valde 
 deflendus. Sequitur, ali& manu, Calliopes, 
 vel noni libri, initium. fol. 59. 
 
 3. Demosthenes. Voces ultimae Ora- 
 tionis IV. in Philippum. fol. 67. Libanii 
 Argumentum in Demosthenis Orationem
 
 60 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 de Corona, fol. 70. Demosthenis de Co- 
 rona Proaemium, cum Scholiis Graecis ad 
 marginem. fol. 70. b. 
 
 4. Simplicius. In Categorias Aristotelis. 
 foL 75. In initio et in fine mutilus ; quum 
 
 titulo, turn auctoris nomine, defectus. 
 
 5. Heraclides. Allegoriae Homericae. 
 In initio mutil. Inscriptione et auctoris 
 nomine praetermissis, mcipit,/a/. 124. & ol 
 /uaXt^a, juxta finem capitis xlviii. secundum 
 editionem Nic. Schow, Getting. 1782. p. 
 61. Omnes libri impressi his vocibus ter- 
 
 a1 
 
 Accedit in hoc Codice 
 vera et yvwia Opusculi conclusio, quinque 
 paginis cumdimidia comprehensa; nunquam 
 edita, nusquam alibi visa. 
 
 6. Demosthenes. Olynthiacas Orationes. 
 Libanii Argumentum Olynthiacoe primae
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 61 
 
 Orationis. fol. 136. Scholia sunt scripta 
 in margine ; et in fol. 137. b. locus dprimd 
 manu omissus, d manu secundd inseritur: 
 Deest etiam folium inter fol. 138. et fol. 
 139. Olynthiaca secunda, cum Argumento 
 Libanii, et Scholiis in margine. fol. 144. 
 Deest folium inter fol. 153. et fol. 154. 
 Olynthiaca tertia, cum Libanii vel incerti 
 auctoris Argumento; et Scholiis in mar- 
 gine, rubro charactere scriptis. fol. 156. 
 Oratio Integra, undecim ad calcem versibus 
 exceptis. 
 
 7. Rhetor Anonymus. fol. 170. Opus 
 ineditum, in fine mutilum, De Arte Rheto- 
 ricd. Hcec ipsa Prolegomena Rhetorica 
 laudat Leo Allatius, De Patriot Homeri, 
 Cap. iv. p. 58. Anonymum vocat Scripto- 
 rem. Verba quce citat inedita, exhibet hie 
 Codex, fol. 171. b. 
 
 8, Demosthenes. Oratio prima in Phi-
 
 62 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 lippum. fol. 178. Deest initium. Incipit, 
 jiTjSt SifffjivplovQ Zlvovq. Libanii Argumentum 
 Orationis de Pace. fol. 190. Sequitur 
 aliud Argumentum, ut videtur, ineditum. 
 fol 192. 
 
 9. Libanii Epistolae Decem. fol. 194. 
 Omnes inter illas quas edidit Wolfius : 
 sell. Mo&ffrw duce : KtAdw duce ; BpaertSa, 
 
 ; ultima autem in fine mutila. 
 
 10. AphthoniUS. Ta IIpo-yujuvaff/xaTa TTJC 
 
 c. /o/. 202. Deest in Codice auc- 
 toris nomen. At Operis initium, nunquam 
 editum, nee editoribus notum. Scholiastce 
 tamen antiquo ab Aldo edito (1509) lege- 
 batur hoc exordium. Deest tyKw/uiov QOVKV&SOV, 
 quod exemplum laudationis exhibent edi- 
 tiones. 
 
 11. Succedit cujusdam, ut videtur, ad
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 63 
 
 filium Admonitio. Tres paginas occupat, 
 et volumen claudit. 
 
 No. 1207. Codex chartaceus, in quarto, 
 foliorum 232. 
 
 Demosthenes. In initio et in fine, blat- 
 tarum tinearumque industria, et, quae per- 
 niciosior est, hominum incuria, mutilus. 
 Magni tamln propter variantes Lectiones 
 est cestimandus. Hce cum optimis Libris, 
 d Tayloro et ReisMo collatis, plerumque 
 consentiunt. 
 
 A folio 105. b. usque ad fol. 152. b. est ab 
 alia manu, recentiori, ut videtur ; certe 
 minus perspicua, et minus eleganti. 
 
 Hie Codex, quantum conjectare licet, 
 omnes quae exstant, Demosthenis Orationes 
 olim continebat, ad numerum quinquaginta 
 et octo. Ex his quatuordecim tantum nunc
 
 64 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 exhibet integras, et decem mutilas. In 
 initio Codicis, quod decent signatures, folia 
 viginti et tria desunt ; quot autem in fine, 
 non facile est asseverare. In Codice etiam 
 perierunt folia 8, 201, 208, et 225. 
 
 1. Orationis Olynthiacas tertiae folium 
 unum. fol. 1*. 
 
 2. Oratio in Philippum tertia. fol. 1. 
 Mutila. 
 
 3. In Philippum quarta. fol. 2. Mutila. 
 
 4. Ad Philippi Epistolam, cum Argu- 
 mento. fol. 9. Integra. Deest Epistola 
 Philippi. 
 
 5. De Haloneso, cum Argumento. fol. 
 12. Integra. 
 
 6. De Chersoneso, cum Argumento. fol. 
 16. Integra.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 65 
 
 7. In Androtionem, cum Argumento et 
 Scholiis. fol. 23. b. Integra. 
 
 8. Contra Midiam, cum Argumento et 
 Scholiis. fol. 34. Integra. 
 
 9. Contra Aristocratem, cum Argumento. 
 fol. 62. Integra. 
 
 10. De Corona, cum Argumento et 
 Scholiis. fol. 90. b. Integra. 
 
 11. De Falsa Legatione, cum Argumento 
 et Scholiis. fol. 135. Integra. 
 
 12. In Timocratem, cum Argumento et 
 Scholiis. fol. 173. Integra. 
 
 13. De Classibus, cum Argumento. fol. 
 195. Integra. 
 
 14. De Republica ordinanda. fol. 198. b. 
 
 F
 
 66 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 Muttla. Deest enim folium 201, quod 
 scriptam exhibuit olim hujus Orationis 
 conclusionem, cum Argument pro Mega- 
 lopolitis. 
 
 15. Pro Megalopolitis. fol. 201. Inte- 
 gra. Deest Argumentum. 
 
 16. De Rhodiorum Libertate, cum Ar- 
 gumento, fol. 204. b. Integra. 
 
 17. Adversus Cononem. fol. 107. b. 
 Mutila. Argumentum omittitur, deest 
 folium 208, et Orationis quarta pars de- 
 perditur. 
 
 18. Oratio Funebris. fol. 211. b. In- 
 tegra. Deest Argumentum. 
 
 19. De Fcedere Alexandreo. fol. 214. b. 
 Integra. Deest Argumentum.
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 67 
 
 20. Adversus Leptinem, cum Argu- 
 mento. fol. 217. Mutila. 
 
 21. In Aphobum Orationis secundae fo- 
 lium unum. fol. 232. 
 
 22. In Onetorem prioris Orat. fol. un. 
 fol. 233. 
 
 23. De Corona Praefecturae Navalis Orat. 
 fol. un. fol. 234. 
 
 24. Contra Calliclem Orat. fol. un. fol 
 236. 
 
 The depository of the Manuscripts, thus 
 described, was made known to the world 
 in the Catalogue of the Lambeth Manu- 
 scripts which the Archbishop of Canterbury 
 directed to be printed, and was pleased to 
 distribute to th$ Bishops, several public 
 libraries, and some particular friends, in 
 
 F2
 
 68 PROFESSOR CARiYLE's MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 the year 1812. Early in 1816 a communi- 
 cation was made to his Grace, that besides 
 the four Manuscripts marked C, which had 
 always been reserved for the Patriarch of 
 Jerusalem s demand, and were never entered 
 in the Lambeth Catalogue, others, which 
 formed a part of his Grace's purchase, 
 were by the same venerable person reclaimed, 
 as having been only lent to the Professor. 
 These were described as " two Copies of the 
 Gospels, three of the Acts of the Apostles f 
 and Libanius, from the Convent of St. 
 Saba ; and two Copies of the Gospels, two 
 Psalters, and Eutropius, from the Library 
 of the Convent dependant upon the Holy 
 Sepulchre." 
 
 The four reserved Manuscripts, marked 
 C, were three Copies of the Gospels, and 
 one of the Acts of the Apostles : These, the 
 two Psalters, and the Libanius, so dis- 
 tinctly demanded, the Archbishop of Can-
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 69 
 
 terbury immediately directed to be set 
 apart from his Grace's Manuscripts ; yet 
 deferred sending them till he might be 
 enabled to ascertain which were the other 
 Copy of the Gospels, and the two other 
 Copies of the Acts of the Apostles, re- 
 quired ; there being of these no specific 
 designation in the claim, nor any notifica- 
 tion upon the Manuscripts themselves. 
 After application both to Mrs. Carlyle and 
 Dr. Hunt for any distinctive information as 
 to these which it might be in their power 
 to give, and after their obliging replies 
 that they knew of none, it seemed just that 
 as the Copies of the Acts of the Apostles 
 could be selected only from the series of 
 the Manuscripts marked /, the Copy of 
 the Gospels should be withdrawn from the 
 same series. Accordingly the valuable 
 Copy, (No. 1180,) and the two Copies of 
 the Acts, (No. 1181, No. 1184,) were added 
 to those which had been set apart ; and,
 
 70 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 after a long and minute examination of the 
 Libanius by the late Dr. Charles Burney, 
 (as already stated,) were in 1817 delivered, 
 by the keeper of the Lambeth Manuscripts, 
 at the office of the Secretary of State, to 
 the care of the under Secretary for the Fo- 
 reign Department, William Hamilton, Esq. 
 for the favour of his consigning the pack- 
 age to the charge of the Right Hon. Sir 
 Robert Listen, the English ambassador to 
 Turkey ; in order to be given to the Pa- 
 triarch of Jerusalem. These with the 
 Eutropius, transmitted by Mrs. Carlyle, 
 corresponded in number and title to what 
 were reclaimed by the application to the 
 Archbishop of Canterbury ; and thus the 
 subject terminated. 
 
 The valuations of these Manuscripts had 
 been made by each of the persons, who 
 first inspected them in the Lambeth Li- 
 brary, naming in their turn a sum for each
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 71 
 
 Manuscript or Codex, which either was 
 accepted by the others, or advanced ac- 
 cording to their respective recommenda- 
 tions. Over any of the rest the Codex, 
 containing the Libanius, displayed in the 
 price assigned to it, pre-eminence; and 
 next in value to it is the Demosthenes, 
 which still retains its place in the Archie- 
 piscopal Collection. These valuations 
 were not only approved by the Archbishop 
 of Canterbury, but were dignified by his 
 Grace's joining with them an appreciation 
 of his own. 
 
 It has been mentioned that the late 
 Bishop of Ely, and the late Dr, Charles 
 Burney, were two of the persons who 
 examined these Codices ; men of all others 
 the most eminently qualified, indeed, to 
 decide at once upon the character and 
 worth of any literary collection, whether 
 manuscript or printed. The circumstance
 
 72 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 of office occasioned the third person, him 
 who has compiled these pages, to share in 
 the employment ; and by him it was found, 
 what here he gratefully relates, that abund- 
 ant advantages to the collection which was 
 about to be placed under his care, as well 
 as to his own humble attainments, were 
 derived from the observations of these ac- 
 complished scholars. Indeed there could 
 be hardly any literary application to the 
 Bishop of Ely and Dr. Burney, from 
 which he, who made it, might not acquire 
 what would improve his taste as well as 
 enlarge his knowledge. To the accuracy 
 also of their communications was always 
 added a frank and pleasant manner, which 
 relieved the apprehensions of the diffident, 
 and brightened the musings of the reserved. 
 Their benevolence and learning were in- 
 separable. Even in their detections of 
 " science falsely so called," of criticism 
 unwarrantably urged, and of asseveration
 
 IN THE LAMBETH LIBRARY. 73 
 
 unjustly made, while they manifested the 
 acuteness of their discernment, they spared 
 the reflection which might too severely 
 wound, and with candour rectified and 
 supplied what was wanting or erroneous. 
 Nor were they so vain of their attainments, 
 or so tenacious of their opinions, as to re- 
 quire or expect undeviating submission to 
 them. They possessed, with its other ex- 
 cellencies, the modesty of sound learning. 
 They could say, upon several occasions, as 
 Jerome once has said, " Aut profer melio- 
 res epulas, et me conviva utere ; aut qua- 
 licunque Me cosnuld nostrd contentus esto." 
 And yet from listening to their sayings, (as 
 it has been finely spoken by Dr. Parr of 
 the criticisms of Bentley,) men of letters 
 have professed to rise " as from a ccena 
 dubia, where the keenest or most fastidious 
 appetite could find gratification in a pro- 
 fusion of various and exquisite viands, 
 which not only pleased the taste, but in-
 
 74 PROFESSOR CARLYLE'S MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 vigorated the constitution." They are 
 gone ; but to every lover of literature their 
 memory will be dear ; to no one more so 
 than to him, who calls to mind, with sin- 
 cerest gratitude, in this description of their 
 united services, how much he was honoured 
 and edified by his long acquaintance with 
 both, and how especially he was obliged to 
 repeated kindnesses of the Bishop. They 
 are gone ; but their talents and acquire- 
 ments will transmit the remembrance of 
 them to posterity with the venerable dis- 
 tinction, c ANAPE2 ONOMA2TOI. 
 
 c Ecclus. cap. iv. ver. 3. Vers. Septuagint. 
 
 HENRY JOHN TODD. 
 
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