2'"> S. X. Dec. 29. 'CO.] 



NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



515 



1^" A Stationer (or Bookseller), Libraire, Marchand- 

 Lihraire. 



The Company of Stationers, (which includes Printers, 

 Booksellers, Bookbinders, and Stationers properly so 

 called,) La SociStS ou le Corps de$ Libraires. Cette Socie't^ 

 comprend en Angletcrre quatre metiers distinguez, savoir, 

 les Imprimeurs, les Papetiers, les Libraires, et les Relieurs de 

 Livrts" 



A similar statement will also be found on the 

 Enorlish side of the early editions of Ainsworth. 

 In Littleton's Latin Dictionary, 1678, both mean- 

 ings nre recognised, but the Bookseller first : — 

 " A Stationer. Bibliopola, Chartopola." 

 I am desirous to discover some example of the 

 early use of the Latin word {Stationarius) in this 

 country. The Company of Stationers of London 

 is traced back to early in the reign of Henry 

 the Fourth, when its laws were sanctioned by the 

 city authorities. John Gough Nichols. 



MENTION OF PAINTING IN THE OLD 



TESTAMENT. 



(2'"» S. X. 207.) 



I give the following Notes in answer to the 

 question of P. S. D. on the subject of "Pictures," 

 SIS mentioned in the authorised version of the Old 

 Testament. 



The word JTi^blO, in Numbers xxxiii. 52., trans- 

 lated in the authorised version "pictures," is, with 

 its other forms nva'EJ'lD and nVSb, used seven 

 times in the Old Testament. It is a word of very 

 doubtful meaning, and has been variously ren- 

 dered by different translators. In Leviticus xxvi. 



I. it is trfyislated "image;" in Numbers xxxiii. 

 52. " pictures ;" Psalm Ixxiii. 7. " the thoughts ;" 

 Proverbs xviii. 11. his "conceit;" Proverbs xxv. 



II. "pictures" or "baskets;" Ezekiel viii. 12. 

 " imagery ;" and Isaiah ii. 16. " pictures." It 

 is not a Hebrew but a Chaldee word, from the 

 root nsb, " he looked at." The word " Mosaic," 

 applied to inlaid work of coloured stones, is said 

 to be derived from it. The idea seems to have 

 been " ornamentation." The Onkelos targum of 

 the text in Leviticus has KT'JD, "adoration;" 



and the Syriac equivalent in Numbers is (Z)ijk-^ 



also " adoration." The Septuagint gives aKoirhv. 

 In Psalm Ixxiii. 7. the Syriac equivalent is 



jAj-LJZ, " imagination." In Isaiah the Syriac 

 has ^D05, " aspectus," " speculatio." Rosemuller 

 renders the word in this text "images." In Pro- 

 verbs xviii. II. the Syriac has m . . » Vi^ his 

 " habitation ;" they probably misread it. In Pro- 

 verbs xxv. 11. the word is supposed to come from 

 a different root, "|bb, he " covered ;" and here the 

 . Syriac bears out the view, as it uses the word 



])CLjL_J, "calix." The last quotation is from 



Ezekiel. The Kev. James M'^Farlane translates 

 the word here " concealment," he taking also for 

 the root '^3J^;,and the Syriac bears him out, as 

 it gives j > mn» " occultus." The word seems on 

 the whole to refer to " images," with a leaning to 

 images or idols of stone : but though what is 

 called " Mosaic " work may be included, I do not 

 think it ought in any one instance to be trans- 

 lated " pictures," as properly so called. 



Alb. Magen. 



Merchant Adventurebs (2"* S. x. 411.) — 

 The original charter of this company 'was granted 

 by Hen. IV., and bears date 5 Feb. 1406-7. It 

 was confirmed by Hen. V. 21, Oct. 1413, and by 

 Humphrey D. of Gloucester, on behalf of Hen. V., 

 6 July, 1420; again by Hen. VI, 9 Nov. 1438 ; 

 by Hen. VII., 28 Sept. 1505, and 4 Jan. 1506. 

 He also granted the company a mart at Calais, 

 15 Jan. 1505. 



Further grants or continuations to the com- 

 pany occur 14 June, 1506 ; 5 Feb. 1554-5 ; 26 

 Feb. 1559-60; 18 July, 1564; 28 April, 1586; 

 28 Jan. I6I7-8, and 1st Jan. 1661. 



Amongst the Domestic Papers in the State 

 Paper Office of Charles II., vol. xxvii., is a parch- 

 ment volume of 1 1 3 pages, containing inspeximuses 

 of several of the above charters. M. A. E. G 



Eecteb's Telegrams (2"^ S. x. 346.) — In an- 

 swer to An Octogenarian Journalist, I am 

 happy to be able to furnish the following particu- 

 lars respecting the mysterious Mr. Reuter. I can 

 vouch for the perfect authenticity of my informa- 

 tion, which amounts to tl»e following heads : — 



1st. Mr. Reuter is of German origin, and a 

 naturalised British subject, who, during the last 

 nine years, has resided in London, and has esta- 

 blished an office, known as Renter's Telegraph 

 Office, for the supply of political and commercial 

 news to the British and Foreign press. 



2nd. This is effected by an organised system of 

 agencies throughout the world, but more particu- 

 larly on the Continent of Europe : whence Mr. 

 Renter's correspondents, both diplomatic and com- 

 mercial, flash their intelligence to him. The ex- 

 pression "throughout the world" is not a poetical 

 exaggeration, but a fact ; inasmuch, as intelligence 

 is regularly telegraphed, or otherwise expedited, 

 from all India, China, and the East, from North 

 and South America, and from the Cape. 



In the London Office this intelligence, after 

 undergoing the necessary revision, is rapidly tran- 

 scribed by means of manifold writers. 



The despatches thus prepared are conveyed by 

 messengers to the offices of the various journals. 



Within the last three yeais this office has ac- 



