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Erse Bibi.e. There has been lately finidied at Edin¬ 
burgh, a verfion of the Bible, in the Gaelic or Erie lan¬ 
guage, which is highly worthy of commendation.—Eor 
proofs of the authenticity of the Bible, and fora feleftion 
of the molt awful and ftriking paifages, fee the article 
Scripture. 
BIBLIAN'DER (Theodore), profeffor of theology at 
Zurich, where he died of the plague, in 1564, at the age 
of fixty-five, after having publifhed feveral works. The 
principal are, 1. An edition of the Koran, with marginal 
notes; Roflock, 1638, quarto. 2. A Collection of Ancient 
Writings on Mohammedaniftn ; folio, 1543. This col- 
leftion is curious, and very fcarce. 3. An edition of the 
Bible of Leon de Juda; Zurich, 1543, folio. 4. Com¬ 
mentaries on feveral Books of Scripture, See. He was 
very expert in the oriental tongues. 
RIBLIO'GRAPHER, f [from (3 i£ao ? , and to 
write. ] A man (killed in literary hidory, and in the know¬ 
ledge of books ; a tranferiber. 
BIBLIOG'RAPHY,/! a branch of archaeographia, em¬ 
ployed in the judging and perilling ancient manuferipts, 
whether written in books, paper, or parchment. The 
fenfe of it is now extended ; and it lignifies a work in¬ 
tended to give information concerning the fird or bed edi¬ 
tions of books, and the ways of feletfing and didinguifhing 
them properly. In fhort, it is ufed for a noiitia or deferip- 
tion of printed books, either in the order of the alphabet, 
of the times when printed, or of the fubjeft matter. 
BI BLIO'POLIST, f [bibhopola, Lat. of /3i?A(07rwAjK, 
of /3 i£a©-, and whjAe&j, to fell, Gr. ] a bookfeller or dationer. 
BIB'LIOM ANCY, f a kind of divination performed 
by means of the Bible. This amounts to much the fame 
with what is othervvife called fortes biblicae or fortes JanElo- 
rum. It confided in taking paffages of Scripture at hazard, 
and drawing indications thence concerning things future; 
as in AuguitinV7V/e & Lege. It was much ufed at the 
confecration of bilhops. F. J. Dividius, a jefuit, has pub- 
lifhed a bibliomancy under the borrowed name of Veridicus 
Chrijlianus. 
BIBLIO'THECA, in matters of literature, denotes a 
treatife giving an account of all the w r riters on a certain 
fubjedt: thus, we have bibliothecas of theology, law, phi- 
Jofophy, &c. There are likewife univerfal bibliothecas, 
which treat indifferently of all kinds of books ; alfo felect 
bibliothecas, which give account of none but authors of 
reputation. Many of the bibliothecas agree, in mod re- 
ipefts, with what are otherwife called memoirs or journals 
of literature, except that thefe lad are confined to new 
books; but there are other bibliothecas, that differ in no¬ 
shing from catalogues of the writers on certain fubjedls. 
BIBLIO'THECAL, adj. [from bibliotheca , Lat.] Be¬ 
longing to a library. 
BIBLIOTHE'QUE,/. [^At^, and 6 wv, a repository, 
Gr.] A library, a (tudy, a place where books are kept. 
BI'BLIS, in fabulous hidory, a daughter of Miletus 
and the nymph Cyanea, who not being able to gain the 
affection of her brother Camus, whom fhe was in love 
with, fhe wept fo exceedingly that Ihe was changed into 
a fountain. Ovid. 
BI'BLISTS, thofe Chridians who make Scripture the 
foie rule of faith. 
Bl'BLUS, f. [iSiCa^, Gr.] inbotany, an aquatic plant 
in Egypt, called alfo papyrus , ; of the (kin whereof the 
ancient Egyptians made their paper. See Papyrus. 
BI'BRA, or Bebra, or Biebra, a town of Germany, 
in the circle of Upper Saxony, in Thuringia: ten miles 
wed of Naumburg, and eight fouth of Querfurt. 
BIBRAC'TE, a citadel of the ./Edui, according to 
Strabo ; but Caefar deferibes it as a town well fortified, 
very large and populous, and of the greated authority a- 
mong that nation : now Beuredt, or Bevray ; a defolate 
place, four miles to the north-wed of Autun. 
BI'BRICH, a town of Germany, in the circle of the 
Upper Rhine, and principality of Naffau Saarbruck Ufin- 
gen: three miles fouth-fouth-wed of Wilbaden. 
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Bl BRO'CI, an ancient people of Britain: now the Hun¬ 
dred of Bray in Berks. 
BI'BULOUS, adj. \_bibulus, Lat.] That which has the 
quality of drinking moifture ; fpungy : 
Stroxv’d bibulous above, I fee the fands, 
The pebbly gravel next, and gutter’d rocks. Thompjon. 
BICANER', a city of Afia, on the river Ganges, be¬ 
longing to the great Mogul. 
BICAP'SULAR, adj. [ bicapfularis , Lat.] in botany, 
having the feed-velfel divided into two parts. 
BICA'RI, a river of Sicily, which runs into the Ter¬ 
mini, two miles wed of Sclafani. 
B[CAUDA' LIS, f. [from bis, twice, and cauda, a tail.] 
The triceps auris is fo called from its having two tails. 
BICE, or Bise, /] among painters, a blue colour pre¬ 
pared from the lapis armejuis. Bice bears the bed body 
of all bright blues ufed in common work, as houfe-paint- 
ing. See. but it is the paled in colour. Next to ultrama¬ 
rine, which is too dear to be ufed in common work, it lies 
bed near the eye of all other blues. 
BI'CEPS, /. [from bis, twice, and caput, a head.] Ma¬ 
ny mufcles have this denomination, from their having 
double heads. 
BI'CESTER, Bisseter, or Burchester, a market 
town in Oxfordfhire, built near a rivulet that runs into 
the Charvvell at Klip, didant fifty-five miles from London. 
It once had a monadery, and is now much noted for its 
excellent malt-liquor. It is a place of great antiquity, as 
appears by fome Danifh monuments dug up here. It is 
alfo remarkable for having had once a famous city in its 
neighbourhood, called Alcefer, long (ince paffed over by 
the plough, and where many Roman coins, dones, and 
other antiquities, are found. Biceder is a large, hand- 
fome, well-built, town, and derives great advantages from 
the Oxford canal, which pafies through Lower Key- 
ford, at the didance of fix miles. It has a large market 
on Fridays, and feveral fairs annually, viz. Friday in 
Eader-week, a very large fair for cattle ; the fird Friday 
in June, for cattle; Aitgud 5, for leather, cattle, toys, 
Sec. three fairs for hiring fervants, viz. the fird and fe- 
cond Fridays next after New Michaelmas-day, and the 
Friday then next following; and one other fair, on the 
next Friday following the 15th ol December, for cattle. 
The fpring and autumn markets for the fale of fheep are 
very large, and much reforted to by the graziers. This 
town is (ituated in the diredt road from Oxford to Buck¬ 
ingham, and didant from each twelve miles. Here is a 
charity-fchool for the clothing and education of thirty 
poor boys; alfo a very good charity of long danding, 
called the feoffees ; it is the net produce of certain lands-of 
about 120I. a year value, to be applied in relieving decayed 
tradefmen. The only manufactory worthy of note is that 
of the common leather flippers, where it is fuppofed more 
are made than at any other place in the kingdom. The 
manufactory of fack-cloth, and the combing of Jerfey, 
have been carried on to a great extent; but the poor are 
now principally employed in the lace-trade. The church 
is neat, large, and commodious, with a lofty tower. In 
the church and chaticel are many curious and expenfivp 
monuments, particularly one to the memory of the late 
Sir Edward Turner and his lady. Biceder, furrounded as 
it is in part by hills, is by no means a low fituation, but is 
built on an eminence, and the air is edeemed very falu- 
brious, the inhabitants in general living to a good old age. 
At Ambrofden, a fmall village, two miles didant, lately 
dood a magnificent edifice, in the center of an edate of 
5000I. per annum, the feat of, and built by, the late Sir 
Edward Turner, Bart. deceafed,at ioo,oooi. expence; but 
has lately been wholly taken down, and the materials fold. 
BICHET', a quantity or meafure of corn, which differs 
according to the places where it is ufed. It is common in 
many parts of France. 
BICH'NI, a town of Perfia, in the province ofErivan: 
thirty miles north-north-ead of Erivan. 
Bl'CHOS, 
