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Show svitiAU VL'itMox or mi; cosrr.Ls. The Nkws liaa previously noticed the Interesting discovery of what Is now supposed to be the earliest text of the (Joapels extant, and In which till Ileal soholars tato much Interest. Tho world Is under obligation loan accomplished lady, Mrs. Lewis, for this valuable a ldltlon to lllbllcal literature. liter-ature. The manuscript waa found In the library of the monastery of 81. Katharine on Mount Ulnal, where Tlschendorf found the celcbrtlod coitex i(nuu7cui,whlcli he borrowed and failed to restore. Mrs. Lewis was tho wife of a curator of tho library of Corpus Chrlstl college, Cambridge. Hera alio learned the value of ancient manuscripts manu-scripts and also mastered the Hyrlsc dialect. In company with her sister she undertook the Journey to Mount Hlnal and was hospitably recihed by tho monks. Her perfect knowledge of modern Ureelt as well as of soiuo rjrmltlo languages made her a welcome guest at the hosplttuuiln the wllderueas and she gained acceai to thnvaluablo library. Here sho discovered dis-covered a palimpsest, the second text of which contained a history of female salnls, written 773 A. I), by John Hthabash. Hut under this text was thu Byrlao version of tho Uosj els. Mis. Lewis took ono thousaud photographs of the varljus p2s and wheu these had been examined by scholars, the Immense value of tho text was aoou found. Learned mun now hastened to the monastery and with tbo aid cf Mrs. Lewis tho document was dcclpherod. The Importance ol the discovery Is best appreciated wheu It Is considered that the text Is written lu the language spoken In I'lleillne during the time of ourBavlor,aud that It may possibly bo a verbatim copy of the original documents of the OosI. The manuscript will bo known. In honor of tho discoverer, as "The Lewis Qospel of Mount Hlnal." |