Show A MOST BEAUTIFUL VOLUME the most beautiful volume among the in the congressional library at washington to la a bible which was transcribed by a monk in the sixteenth century it could not be matched today in the best printing office in the world th the 0 parchment is in perfect preservation every one of its 1000 1000 pages is a study the general lettering ingis Is in german text each letter per feet in cost black ink without a scratch or blot from lid to lid at the beginning of each chapter the first letter Is very large usually two to or three i ches long and is bright ly jy illuminated in red and blue ink within each of these capitals is drawn the figure of some saint or some t of which the chapter tells to is illustrated there are two columns on a page and nowhere is traceable the slightest irregularity of line space 1 e or ir fur mation of the letters even eve n under a magnifying glass they seem flawless this precious volu volume volumes mets ls kept under a glass case which is sometimes lifted to co show that all the pages are as perfect as those which lie open A legend relates that a young man who had sinned ginned deeply became a monk and resolved to do penance for his bis misdeeds he determined delerm iced to copy the bible that he might learn every letter letier of the divine commands which he had violated each aay for many years he be patiently pursued his task bauh letter was wrought in rever reverence eDoo sod love iove and the patient soul soui found its only companionship in the saintly faces which were portrayed on these panes pages when the last touch was given to the last inal letter the old man reverently ki hi sed the daae and folded the sheets together the illustrated initials in perfection or form and brilliancy of color surpass produced in the present day with all our boasted progress nothing either in europe or america equals it the shears |