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Article THE LIBRARY OF THE VATICAN. ← Page 3 of 4 →
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The Library Of The Vatican.
Linus of Thebes follows , with this inscription : Linus Thebanus Grcecarum literarum inventor . Linus , the Theban , the inventor of the letters of the Greeks . Cecrops , King of Athens , follows thus : Cecrops , primus Atheniensium rex Grcecarum literarum auctor . Cecrops , King ofthe Athenians , the first writer of Greek letters .
Palamedes invented four more , and Simonides four , the number of letters in the Greek alphabet . Pliny tries to persuade us that Aristotle had declared somewhere in his writings , that the ancient Greeks had but eighteen letters , to which Epicharmus added two . The fifth column has the figures oi Pythagoras Epicharmus , Simonides , and Polamedes , with inscriptions intimating their great abilities
and inventive genius . Nicostrata is represented upon the sixth , ivith these words : Nicostrata Carmenta literarum Latinarum inventrix . Nicostrata Carmenta , the inventress of Latin letters . And these are described to be , ABCDEGIKLMNOPQRSTV .
Her son Evander follows her , ivith these words : Evander Carmenta . fililts , aborigines literas docuit . Evander , son of Carmenta , taught the aboriginal letters . Then Demoranthus , the Corinthian , ivith these words : Hebruarum literarum auctor . The author of Hebrew letters .
Then the Emperor Claudius , under whom is written , Claudius imperator tres novas literas advenit . The Emperor Claudius added three new letters . There is also an F at the top , ivith these words : Relique duce obliterate sunt . The other two are destroyed .
As mention is made of that letter by Cicero , who lived before Claudius , it is evident he cannot be the inventor . The seventh column has the figure of St John Chrysostom , with these words underneath : Literarum Armcnicllrum inventor . Inventor of the letters of the Armenians .
St . Jerome follows , ivith this inscription : Librorum lllyearum inventor . Inventor of the books of the Illyrians . Ulphias , the Gothic bishop , follows : Gothorum literas advenit . He invented the letters of the Goths .
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The Library Of The Vatican.
Linus of Thebes follows , with this inscription : Linus Thebanus Grcecarum literarum inventor . Linus , the Theban , the inventor of the letters of the Greeks . Cecrops , King of Athens , follows thus : Cecrops , primus Atheniensium rex Grcecarum literarum auctor . Cecrops , King ofthe Athenians , the first writer of Greek letters .
Palamedes invented four more , and Simonides four , the number of letters in the Greek alphabet . Pliny tries to persuade us that Aristotle had declared somewhere in his writings , that the ancient Greeks had but eighteen letters , to which Epicharmus added two . The fifth column has the figures oi Pythagoras Epicharmus , Simonides , and Polamedes , with inscriptions intimating their great abilities
and inventive genius . Nicostrata is represented upon the sixth , ivith these words : Nicostrata Carmenta literarum Latinarum inventrix . Nicostrata Carmenta , the inventress of Latin letters . And these are described to be , ABCDEGIKLMNOPQRSTV .
Her son Evander follows her , ivith these words : Evander Carmenta . fililts , aborigines literas docuit . Evander , son of Carmenta , taught the aboriginal letters . Then Demoranthus , the Corinthian , ivith these words : Hebruarum literarum auctor . The author of Hebrew letters .
Then the Emperor Claudius , under whom is written , Claudius imperator tres novas literas advenit . The Emperor Claudius added three new letters . There is also an F at the top , ivith these words : Relique duce obliterate sunt . The other two are destroyed .
As mention is made of that letter by Cicero , who lived before Claudius , it is evident he cannot be the inventor . The seventh column has the figure of St John Chrysostom , with these words underneath : Literarum Armcnicllrum inventor . Inventor of the letters of the Armenians .
St . Jerome follows , ivith this inscription : Librorum lllyearum inventor . Inventor of the books of the Illyrians . Ulphias , the Gothic bishop , follows : Gothorum literas advenit . He invented the letters of the Goths .