Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1896 — A Valuable Find. [ARTICLE]

A Valuable Find.

A dispatch from Constantinople says that an ancient and beautiful manuscript copy of the gospel, dating back to the sixth century, was recently found in Asia Minor. It Is written on the finest and thinpest of vellum, which is dyed purple. Tho letters are silver, the abbreviations and sacred names, which are gold. Representatives of English and Americari universities have unsuccessfully sought to obtain possession of the precious MSS., it having been secured by Russia.