History of the Transmission of Ancient Books to Modern Times

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Author

Taylor, Isaac, 1787-1865

Title

History of the transmission of ancient books to modern times together with the process of historical proof; or, a concise account of the means by which genuineness of ancient literature generally, and the authenticity of historical works especially are ascertained including incidental remarks upon the relative strength of the evidence usually adduced in behalf of the Holy Scriptures

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Jackson and Walford,1859.

Credits

deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

Z: Bibliography, Library science

Subject

Transmission of texts

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67778

Release Date

April 5, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF ANCIENT BOOKS TO MODERN TIMES;
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.CHAPTER I. INTENTION OF THE PRESENT ARGUMENT.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. STATEMENT OF THE CASE, AS TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF ANCIENT BOOKS.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE DATE OF ANCIENT WORKS, INFERRED FROM THE QUOTATIONS AND REFERENCES OF CONTEMPORARY AND SUCCEEDING WRITERS.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. THE ANTIQUITY AND GENUINENESS OF ANCIENT BOOKS MAY BE INFERRED FROM THE HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGES IN WHICH THEY ARE EXTANT.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. ANCIENT METHODS OF WRITING, AND THE MATERIALS OF BOOKS. — MATERIALS OF ANCIENT BOOKS. — THE INSTRUMENTS OF WRITING, AND INKS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. CHANGES INTRODUCED IN THE COURSE OF TIME IN THE FORMS OF LETTERS, AND IN THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF WRITING. — FORM OF ANCIENT BOOKS, AND THEIR ILLUMINATIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE COPYISTS; AND THE PRINCIPAL CENTRES OF THE COPYING BUSINESS. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. INDICATIONS OF THE SURVIVANCE OF ANCIENT LITERATURE, THROUGH A PERIOD EXTENDING FROM THE DECLINE OF LEARNING IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY, TO ITS RESTORATION IN THE FIFTEENTH. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. SEVERAL METHODS AVAILABLE FOR ASCERTAINING THE CREDIBILITY OF ANCIENT HISTORICAL WORKS.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. EXCEPTIONS TO WHICH THE TESTIMONY OF HISTORIANS, ON PARTICULAR POINTS, MAY BE LIABLE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. CONFIRMATIONS OF THE EVIDENCE OF ANCIENT HISTORIANS, DERIVABLE FROM INDEPENDENT SOURCES.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. GENERAL PRINCIPLES, APPLICABLE TO QUESTIONS OF THE GENUINENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF ANCIENT RECORDS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. RELATIVE STRENGTH OF THE EVIDENCE WHICH SUPPORTS THE GENUINENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PRECEDING STATEMENTS:—A MORNING AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. FACTS RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION, AND LATE RECOVERY, OF SOME ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS. — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. THE PROCESS OF HISTORIC EVIDENCE EXEMPLIFIED IN THE INSTANCE OF HERODOTUS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. METHOD OF ARGUING FROM THE GENUINENESS, TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. EXAMPLES OF IMPERFECT HISTORICAL EVIDENCE:—HERODOTUS. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. RECENT EXPLORATIONS, CONFIRMATORY OF THE TRUTH OF ANCIENT HISTORY: HERODOTUS AND BEROSUS. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. INFERENTIAL HISTORIC MATERIALS. — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. THE MODERN JERUSALEM—A VOUCHER FOR THE LITERATURE OF ITS ANCIENT OCCUPANTS. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Notes

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