Iron County Record | 1927-04-15 | Page 4 | Livy Manuscript Lost in Confusion at Fire

Livy Manuscript Lost Lostin Lostin Lostin in Con Confusion at Fire At the occurrence of a 11 great fire In Constantinople about 1800 says the tho Market for Exchange a Q great portion of the furniture and a number of books were thrown Into the street It so 10 happened that Just at that time the secretary of ot the French embassy happened hopI hap hop I eng to o be pa passing end as I he was II ri- ri rt t r d t its lis way the crowd crowd lie be J. J ma t o i o U a large folio W l 1 n ad r c q N p n nr r r e d u ups i tover oW the he mans mons woul 1 er law that thai It mat il was a am m o Llvy Livy ife if Belted Baked examine ex I amine It more closely and upon doing so EO discovered discovered that Jt It contained the second second sec sec- ond and ond ae os well Ti ii as es the first decade decade and an nery n. very ery probably all that I IQ lost to 9 its t. t He ne offered the man a goodly sum Hum lum If be he would conceal the book under his Ms long Ion robe and follow tollow him to his hie lodgings The man man agreed but In the confusion on und and crowd they were separated and on so It was WAI that the secretary lost the opportunity of t discovering one of ot the worlds world's greatest treasures I