Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Ethiopic Biblical Manuscripts in the Royal Library of Paris, and in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society: Also Some Account of Those in the Vatican Library at Rome, With Remarks and Extracts
But while things were thus in progress, circumstances occurred that opened a wider field than ever for the cultivation of this dialect; and Opportunities have been offered, which the great Ludolf, in his anxious wish to bring the work nearer to perfection, earnestly desired to see, but never saw. The attention of the British and Foreign Bible Society has been drawn to the scarcity of copies of the Scriptures in the Church of Abyssinia, and means have been most unexpectedly and providentially put into their hands for supplying this want.
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