1847.] 



Visit to Mount Sinai. 



7S 



The custom of preserving and piling up the bones of monks is still 

 kept up, but they have discontinued that of exposing the corpse on 

 an iron bier until the flesh falls off. 



'airqiKXlu). a. xai ^ersOm naXiv [xzlix rov (AaxaqicoJ'xls Troclqos nixoov dq- 



" This is a precious relic of the most blessed Patriarch of Jerusalem, 

 the lord Osthumlus; and the recovery of the remains occurred on the 1st 

 April in the year 1664 ; and they were deposited again with our most bless- 

 ed father, Archbishop the lord Joseph, 1st April, 1664." 



Copied from an inscription in one of the chests of skulls of the Archdeacons, by 

 a Greek Monk. 



0(TT* rov omou Tracrqos \[/.cuVj xocl 'ovto^ vbov duKrflou ^otixoLrsxYiVov 



'ev Kvqico ett' t%s 1696 : ffs^-rtpu/S^iR. 



*Av5CKO/Ai5yi rcuv Xst^'^vo/v ai/7«, tloq 1712, [Jt^ocqlia 20 : a.q%izqoc.rzvoV' 

 -ros rov nocvisqofictlou '^xlpo'i^iJi.Qjv AOavaaiov, xixi 8:)covo/x» NaSavar)^. 



* * * * @5uiJ ^YiXcO X.VV£Q£)/1eS 01 oaiOl 7rC?c7§£S", ^iKOTIlAdCKV TTOWx \s TO 



vaqov 'g^yov' (/.aXitrrx 6 ysqcuv 'lyvxrios. 



The bones of our holy father, being still young, the accomplished Da- 

 mascenus, from the Province of Cyzicum from the country called Mychao- 

 nia : he fell asleep in the Lord in the year 1696 : of September. 



The recovery of his remains (took place) in the year 1712, the 20th of 

 March ; our most holy father Athanasius exercising the office of chief 

 priest (Archbishop) and Nathaniel being ^conomus. The holy fathers 

 being moved with zeal towards God laboured much in the present work 

 especially the aged Ignatius. 



Original Scrip found in a chest of skulls, Convent of Sinai, 

 5og«, 'isqO(j.ova%ii} ' iklgt tcoxvvv), iXioc viytoKa Z!JX)/xyi6% CTpojxoQVTjra, 



rov XSKYIfJ^SVOV 



^s(pavof' loxvvx, rov % zjqo^qofji.o zjilqo, icoxvvn^ pxvx z^qoaytrivilei ys- 

 oqy loroyidivoy at«ofoX<, '^qoarnvnln, savxo, (pzou^avia, i/.iy^aXi, avasxai^, 

 ^i(ji.nrpiH, savKO, '^ii/.ilqiH, wqoGxrivnrH, vzso^oi^, avxra^ icjavvn, yeoq- 

 ytos, anaa, «^ar£§tv yyjs^we ^oyixvr)^ rqiipovo^, ^i/xtV^ta. 



This seems a mere list of names. 



