MOSCOW. 
upon them. Many were entirely covered with 
pearls, and otherwise adorned with emeralds, 
rubies, diamonds, sapphires, and precious gems 
of Siberia. In smaller cabinets we saw onyx- 
stones wrought in cameo work, exhibiting images 
’of Jesus and of the Virgin ; these were not less 
than three inches and a half in length, and two 
in breadth. They shewed us, moreover, vessels 
of massive silver, made to contain consecrated 
oil : this is sent all over Russia, from Moscow , 
for the service of the Greek churches. Sixteen 
of these vessels, of very considerable magnitude, 
each capable of containing from three to four 
gallons, were presented by the Emperor Paul. 
In the chapel adjoining the chambers where 
the treasures are kept, is a collection of Manu- 
scripts in Greek and Sclavonic ; also more of the 
bones of Mary Magdalene . By much the greater 
number of the manuscripts are in the Sclavonic 
language. The priest who had the care of them 
conversed with us in Latin; affirming, that 
among the Sclavonic, or, as he termed them, the 
Ruthenic manuscripts, there was a copy of the 
works of Virgil, and one of Livy. He was not, 
however, able to find either of them, and we 
imputed the whole story to his ignorance and 
vanity. We afterwards conversed with Arch- 
bishop Plato upon the same subject; who 
