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  WORLD 
  ARCHEOLOGY 
  CASANOWICZ. 
  475 
  

  

  the 
  hand 
  that 
  is 
  free. 
  It 
  was 
  forbidden 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  mill 
  or 
  even 
  the 
  

   upper 
  stone 
  in 
  pledge, 
  as 
  taking 
  " 
  the 
  life 
  " 
  (that 
  is, 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  

   sustaining 
  life), 
  Deuteronomy 
  xxiv, 
  6. 
  Each 
  day 
  as 
  much 
  grain 
  

   as 
  was 
  needed 
  was 
  ground, 
  and 
  the 
  "voice 
  of 
  the 
  mill 
  " 
  became 
  pro- 
  

   verbial 
  (Jeremiah 
  xxv, 
  10; 
  Ecclesiastes 
  xii, 
  4). 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   Christ, 
  mills 
  turned 
  by 
  asses 
  were 
  also 
  employed 
  (Matthew 
  xviii, 
  6, 
  

   Revised 
  Version, 
  margin). 
  At 
  present 
  water 
  mills 
  are 
  also 
  largely 
  

   used 
  in 
  Syria 
  (pi. 
  33, 
  figs. 
  1, 
  2, 
  and 
  pi. 
  34). 
  

  

  WOODEN 
  DOOR 
  LOCK 
  AND 
  KEY. 
  BAGHDAD, 
  MESOPOTAMIA. 
  

  

  The 
  doors 
  of 
  Eastern 
  houses, 
  which 
  are 
  usually 
  small 
  and 
  low, 
  

   seem 
  early 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  provided 
  with 
  hinges 
  turning 
  in 
  sockets 
  and 
  

   with 
  locks 
  and 
  keys 
  in 
  whose 
  construction 
  no 
  little 
  ingenuity 
  was 
  

   displayed 
  (Judges 
  iii, 
  23, 
  25; 
  Proverbs 
  xxvi, 
  14; 
  Canticles 
  v, 
  5; 
  

   Nehemiah 
  iii, 
  3). 
  It 
  is 
  likely 
  that 
  locks 
  and 
  keys 
  were 
  made 
  both 
  

   of 
  iron 
  and 
  of 
  wood, 
  according 
  to 
  circumstances. 
  A 
  wooden 
  key, 
  

   now 
  quite 
  generally 
  in 
  use, 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  

   wood 
  about 
  a 
  foot 
  in 
  length, 
  provided 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   pegs. 
  It 
  is 
  thrust 
  into 
  a 
  little 
  opening 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  door 
  and 
  

   applied 
  to 
  the 
  bolt. 
  This 
  has 
  a 
  corresponding 
  series 
  of 
  holes 
  into 
  

   which 
  the 
  pegs 
  of 
  the 
  key 
  fit, 
  displacing 
  thereby 
  another 
  set 
  of 
  pegs, 
  

   by 
  which 
  the 
  bolt 
  is 
  held 
  in 
  its 
  place 
  (pi. 
  29). 
  Pair 
  of 
  Shepherd's 
  

   Shoes. 
  Made 
  of 
  goat 
  skin. 
  Syria. 
  

  

  35 
  and 
  36. 
  The 
  next 
  two 
  cases 
  contain 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  Bibles 
  and 
  

   musical 
  instruments 
  of 
  the 
  Bible. 
  The 
  Museum's 
  collection 
  of 
  some 
  

   sixty-five 
  Bibles 
  includes 
  manuscripts 
  and 
  old 
  editions 
  of 
  the 
  origi- 
  

   nal 
  text, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  copies 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  ancient 
  and 
  modern 
  

   translations 
  of 
  the 
  scriptures. 
  

  

  EDITIONS 
  OF 
  THE 
  ORIGINAL 
  TEXT 
  OF 
  THE 
  BIBLE. 
  

  

  Hebrew 
  Bible. 
  Facsimile 
  of 
  the 
  Aleppo 
  Codex. 
  The 
  original 
  

   manuscript, 
  which 
  is 
  assigned 
  to 
  Aaron 
  ben 
  Asher 
  (beginning 
  of 
  the 
  

   tenth 
  century 
  A. 
  D.), 
  but 
  is 
  probably 
  of 
  somewhat 
  later 
  origin, 
  is 
  

   preserved 
  in 
  the 
  Synagogue 
  of 
  Aleppo, 
  Syria. 
  (PI. 
  35.) 
  

  

  Hebrew 
  Bible 
  without 
  vowel 
  points. 
  Printed 
  by 
  Christopher 
  

   Plantin 
  in 
  Antwerp, 
  1573-'74. 
  

  

  Hebrew 
  Bible. 
  Edited 
  by 
  Elias 
  Hutter 
  in 
  3 
  volumes. 
  Hamburg, 
  

   1587. 
  Hutter 
  was 
  Professor 
  of 
  Hebrew 
  in 
  Leipzig. 
  The 
  peculiarity 
  

   of 
  this 
  Bible 
  consists 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  roots 
  are 
  printed 
  in 
  solid 
  

   black 
  letters, 
  while 
  the 
  prefixes, 
  suffixes, 
  and 
  formative 
  letters 
  

   (called 
  servile 
  letters 
  in 
  Hebrew 
  grammar) 
  are 
  in 
  outline. 
  

  

  Rabbinic 
  Bible. 
  Edited 
  by 
  Joannes 
  Buxtorf, 
  printed 
  by 
  Ludwig 
  

   Koenig 
  in 
  Basel, 
  Switzerland, 
  1618-'19. 
  The 
  Bible 
  contains 
  the 
  

  

  