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tcr acquainted than with the Latin vevfion, from whirli fome 

 writers have crroneoufly fuppofed his verfion was taken. 

 Moreover, from a pafTage quoted by Blanchini in the " Pro- 

 legomena," to the fu-ll voh.ime of his, " Evangehariiim quad- 

 niplex," p. 8. from a MS. preferved at Brelcia, containing 

 tlie old Latin verfion of the Gofpels, we may infer, that 

 the Gothic vcrlion was known in Italy, and that a dltlinc- 

 tion was made between it and the Itahan. Of this inipor- 



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MSS. In the Gofpels it agrees with the Codex Stephani 

 n more frequently than with any other Greek. MS. In the 

 catholic epiftles it agrees, in general, with the Codex Alex- 

 andrliiuR, and frequently in the Revelation. In the Aft» 

 and in the Epilllcs of St. Paul, it agrees, in general, with the 

 moft ancient MSS. but fometimes with one, lometimcs with 

 another, yet mDll frequently with Wetlleln's Codex E. Of 

 the readings adopted by Griefbach in the text of his Greek 



tant ve 



erfion we have fev.- remains. The principal of thefe Teflament, tne Slavonian verhon has at Jeall three-foun 



are contained in the C.«/r.v Argf.nteus ; which has the 

 four Gofpels, though not without confiderable chafms. It 

 was firll printed in Gothic letters, at Dort, in 1665, 4to. ; 

 and reprlntid at Amilerdam, in 16R4, (Michaelis); and 

 another edition was printed in Latin letters, at Stockholm, 



Where the united evidence of ancient MSS. is againit the 

 common printed reading, tiic Slavonian verlion agrees with 

 the ancient MSS. It has not been altered fiora the Vulgate, 

 as fome have fuppofed, though the fad is in itfelf alm.olt in- 

 credible. It varies from the text of Theophylad), in as many 



accompanied with the Illandilh, Swedilh, and Latin vulgate. inftancesas they agree ; and their coincidence is to be afcrib 



In 1750, it was printed at Oxford, by Lye, after the cor- ed, not to an alteration from Theophylad, but to the circum- 



ri-cflons and emendations of archbldiop'Benzel; and in 1752 llance, that both Theophylad and the authors of the Sla- 



and 1755, ^^^ learned Ihre publiflicd two fmall efTays, under vonian verfion ufed the Greek edition. The Slavonian ver- 



the title of " Ulphilas ilhillratiis," in which the erroneous fion has few or no readings peculiar to itfclf, or what the 



paflagcs of the former editions are corredly printed in Latin critics call " letliones fingulares." 



letters, accompanied with a Latin trandation, and notes. Bihles, Spanifi. There are two tranflations of the 



V>\^i.is, Rli'fcovUc, Riijfiaih ov Slcivon'um. Tiie Ruffian Bible into this language ; one done by the Jews, from the 



or Slavonian vcifion was taken from the Greek by two bro- Hebrew, and firll printed at Ferrara, in 1553, and at Am- 



thers, Methodius and Cyril, natives of Theffalonica, and fterdam, in 1661; the otlier by CafPiodore Reyna, printed 



apolUes of tl-.e Slavonians, who lived in the 9th century, at Bah!, in 1569. A correded edition of it was printed at 



According to the account given by, Poktika, a learned per- Amllerdam, in 1602, and at Frankfort, in 1622. This 



fon of Rulila, and fornarly Greek tranflator to the holy 

 fynod, in anfwer to inqiiiries propofcd by Michaelis, it ap- 

 pears, that the holy fynod ordered a complete copy of the 

 Bible to be taken, in 1499, which is prefervtd in the library 

 of that Synod; but from the fame tellimony it appears, that 

 MSS. of the New Tellament are extant from the nth to 

 the 14th century, fome on vellum, others on paper, which 

 are alfo preferved at Mofcow, in the library of the holy 

 fynod. The oldell known edition is that of Prague, pub 



tranflation was made from the Hebrew, or rather from the 

 verfion of Pagninus, and the New Ttilament from the 

 Greek. There is a tranflation of the N. T. in Spanifh, done 

 by Francis Enzinas, and dedicated to Cliarles V. of which 

 there are fevei al editions ; and another different Spanifh tranf- 

 lation of the N. T. printed in 1596. 



Bibles, Ilalimi. There are four Italian verfions : the 

 firll towards the clofe of the 1 3th century, by Jarnes de Vora- 

 gine, archbilhop of Genoa, who tranflated the whole Bible 



lilbed by Francis Scorina, in 1519 ; but Poletika is not cer- into Italian, from the Vulj^ate ; which ancient verfion is quite 



tain whether it contains the Bible complete. It was revifed loll ; the feeond by Brucciolus, in 1530, who tranllated the 



in 1570, altered in feveial padages from an ancient MS. Bible from the Hebrew, or rather from the verfion of Pag- 



written in the time of the grand duke Wladimir, given to ninus, and dedicated it to Francis I. king of France ; the 



Gaiabunda, fecretaiy to tlie duchy of Lithuania, and ufed third by Malhernii, a Venetian and Bencdidine monk, ab- 



n.the edition of the Bible, printed at Oilrog, in 1581, at bot of St. Michael de Lemo, tranllated from the \ulgar La 



the expence of Con. Bafil, duke of Oilrog, for the common 

 ferviee of all Chrillians who fpoke tlie Slavonic language. 

 Other editions were printed at Mofcow, in 1663, 1751, 

 1756, 1757, and 1766, in folio, in 1759 '" large 8vo. and 

 in 17S3, in 4to. It was alfo printed at Kiow, in 1758, 

 folio; and at Suprall in Poland, in fmall folio. Acopj'ofthe 

 edition of 158 i, and another of that of 1663, both which are 

 fcarce, are preferved in the univerfUy hbrary of Gottingen. 

 A particular edition of the Ads of the Apoftles, and the 

 EpilUes, was printed in 1653. The paffage i John v. 7. is 

 found neither in the Oilrog edition, the ancient MSS. nor 

 in thulo editions of the Ads and EpilUes, which are prior 

 to 1653. That cf 1653 contains it ; that of 1663 has it in 

 the miirgln, and that of 17JI, and other modern editions, 

 in the text. Poletika thinks this interpolation was made in 

 the time of the patriarch Nicon, in 1653, ^^hen an edition 

 was publllhcd of the Ads and EpilUes. A very excellent 

 drfeription of the Slavonian verfion has been communicated 

 to the public by Dobrowflcy, a very learned critic, in the 

 «' Neue Orientalifehe Bibliothek," vol. vii. p. 153 — 167. 

 F'rom this work the following particulars, relating to this 

 verfion, are extraded, by Marlh, in his edition of Michaelis' 

 notes to ch. vli. § 37. The Slavonian verfion is very hte- 

 rally tranllated from the Greek, the Greek conllrudion be- 



tin towards the end of the 15th century ; the firll edition of 

 which was publilhtd in 147 1 ; one of them, in 1477, revifed 

 by friar Martin, a Dominican ; and afterwards printed at 

 Venice in 1541 ; and the 4th by Diodati, aProtellant, which 

 is much elleemed, and has been often printed. This edition, 

 which was conformable to the French edition of Geneva, 

 was firft publiflied in 1607, and again a feeond time in 1641. 

 The New Teftament was tranllated by father Zachaiy, a 

 Dominican friar of Florence, and printed apart at Venice, in 

 1542. An Italian edition of the Epiillcs and Gofpels was 

 printed in 1583. 



Bibles, French. The moil ancient tranflation of the 

 Bible into French is that of Guiars de Moulins, a canon 

 ot St. Peter d'Aire, in the diocefe of Touraine, who was 

 employed in tranflating the hiftorical books of the O, and 

 N. T. from the year 1291 tiU 1394. Of this tranJTation 

 there are feveral editions m the Paris library. Some hiflo- 

 rians affirm, that Charks V. king of France, caufed the 

 Bible "to be tranflated into French by Nicholas Orefrae, 

 fuperiorof the houfe of Navarre, and dodor of Paris. Thefe, 

 and fome otlicr tranflations of parts of the Bible, are extant 

 in MS. in the Paris library. The firll French Bible was 

 printed by order of Charles VIII. and dedicated to him, 

 and confequently before the year 1498 ; being the tranfla- 



ing frequently retained where it is contrary to the genius of tion of Guiar.s de Moulins. The New Tellaraent was 

 the Slavonian,; and rtferabks, in general, the moft ancient printed in French by Colins, printer of Paris, in 1523. But 



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