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CHAPTER II. 



PAPYRUS MANUSCRIPTS. 



PAPYRI OF HERCULANEUM THEIR DISCOVERY METHOD OP CN- 

 ROLLING THEM ONLY WRITTEN UPON ONE SIDE TITLES, 



WHERE PLACED. PRESENT STATE OF THE 1756 MSS. PAPYRUS 



PAPER HOW MADE. PAPYRUS AT SYRACUSE. CHEVALIER 



LANDOLINA. LAWS SET TO MUSIC. TEUTONIC PARAPHRASE OP 

 THE BIBLE. CJEDMON. ARUNDELIAN MARBLES. WILLS OF 

 THE ROMAN SOLDIERS. WOOD. BONE MEMORANDA. WAX. 



HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF PHILIP LE BEL. TALIPOT TREE. BARK 



BOOKS. INDIAN PAPER. LINEN CLOTH. SKINS. GOLD MSS. 



GRADUAL OF ST. GREGORY. PARCHMENT. PURPLE VELLUM. 



SILK PAPER COTTON LINEN. CODEX ARGENTEUS. 

 BLOCK PRINTING. MARCO POLO. 



c Papyrus, verdant on the banks of Nile, 

 Spread its thin leaf, and waved its silvery style; 

 Its plastic pellicles Invention took, 

 To form the polish'd page, and letter'd book, 

 And on its folds, with skill consummate taught 

 To paint in mystic colors sound and thought." 



Pompeii. 

 THE following afternoon the conversation was resumed. 



