Show A RARE manuscript opy of the Belle veil to B takht centuries old hebrew scholars in san francisco are very much exercised over the authenticity of a rare document in the library of adolph sutro the comstock tunnel millionaire says a recent dispatch to the globe democrat sutro when in europe about eight years ago bought largel egyptian hebraic and arabian documents and curios these are now being overhauled by rev dr solomon roubin an who has lately arrived from paris in examining several antique scrolls upon which the pentateuch is written dr roubin accidentally stumbled upon one very dilapidated manuscript moldy and very much impaired that attracted his attention he discovered that the method of its scripture the arrangement of the columns and other details differed materially from the usual methods which obtain in writing hebrew scrolls remembering that alie great doctor Maimo in his ritual codex had given variance from the regular ardi nanee governing the writing of scrolls dr roubin compared the discovered manuscript with the rabbis codex and found that the document agreed in every particular with the rules laid down by the egyptian sage this makes the manuscript if genuine at least eight centuries old it is made of tanned goatskin and is much damaged sutro in order to confirm the opinions of his a meeting of hebrew scholars at the library and after discussion it was decided to photograph alie manuscript and send copies to the leading archaeologists of europe the worst that can be said against its genuineness is that it was bought at the auction sale of the effects of the man who swindled the ih museum and many other large libraries with spurious hebrew and greek but as fully half of Sha piras documents were genuine this may not have been manufactured |