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Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biograhy, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Beach, Frederick Converse, 1848-1918 Rines, George Edwin, 1860- Scientific American, inc
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American compiling dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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9th centuryA.D., and this makes the improvement of thetext a difficult matter; there is no such largerange of manuscripts of the Hebrew as wepossess in the Greek Scriptures, and the chiefbasis of comparison in effecting an emendationis to be found in the Targums (q.v.) and vari-ous versions of the books. Neiv Testament Criticism.— The materialsfor textual criticism of the New Testament areample and voluminous, and are generally enu-merated under the heads of copies, versions,and patristic citations. Copies are found onpapyrus, vellum, and paper, written either inuncial or large letters, or cursive, that is, run-ning hand. Only fragments of the New Testa-ment are found inscribed on papyrus. Themost important vellum manuscripts belong tothe 4th, sth and 6th centuries a.d. Of the ver-sions, the most important are the Syriac, Latin,and Egyptian, and a comparison of these withextant Greek manuscripts has been of greatadvantage in clearing up many passages ofdoubtful meaning or authority.
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WILLIAM .MAKLlLACL THACKERAY. TEZCUCO —THAI Tezcuco, tas-kooko, or Texcoco, Mexico, a town in tlie state of Mexico, situated on thenortheast shore of Tezcuco Lake. i6 miles north-cast of the national capital. The modern townhas many handsome buildings, a number ofmanufacturing establishments, and railroad re-pair shops. Tezcuco was one of the three con-federated Aztec pueblos of the valley of Mex-ico, and for a time was the chief among them,yielding later the first place to Tenochtitlan.In its neighborhood are several ancient ruins,including remains of teocallis. Pop. with com-mune about 16,000. Teziutlan, ta-se-oot-lan, Mexico, the capi-tal of a district of the same name in Pueblastate, 12 miles east of Zacapoaxtla. Pop. oftown 8,200; of district 25,300. Thacher, thacher, John Boyd, Americanwriter: b. Ballston, Saratoga County, N. Y., 11Sept. 1S47. He was graduated from WilliamsCollege in 1869, and was a New York State sen-ator 1884-s, and mayor of Albany, N. Y., 1886,1S87, 1896, 1

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