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The Transmission of Ancient Books to Modern Times

by Isaac Taylor

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Epigraph — Chapter I — Intention of the Present Argument
  3. 3Chapter II — Statement of the Case, as to the Authenticity of Ancie…
  4. 4Chapter III — The Date of Ancient Works, Inferred From the Quotatio…
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Antiquity and Genuineness of Ancient Books May Be…
  6. 6Chapter V — Ancient Methods of Writing, and the Materials of Books
  7. 7Chapter VI — Changes Introduced in the Course of Time in the Forms…
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Copyists; and the Principal Centres of the Copyin…
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Indications of the Survivance of Ancient Literature,…
  10. 10Chapter IX — The Revival of Learning in the Fourteenth Century
  11. 11Chapter X — Several Methods Available for Ascertaining the Credibil…
  12. 12Chapter XI — Exceptions to Which the Testimony of Historians, on Pa…
  13. 13Chapter XII — Confirmations of the Evidence of Ancient Historians,…
  14. 14Chapter XIII — General Principles, Applicable to Questions of the G…
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Relative Strength of the Evidence Which Supports the…
  16. 16Chapter XV — Illustrations of the Preceding Statements — A Morning…
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Facts Relating to the Conservation, and Late Recovery…
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Process of Historic Evidence Exemplified in the…
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Method of Arguing From the Genuineness, to the Auth…
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Examples of Imperfect Historical Evidence — Herodotus
  21. 21Chapter XX — Recent Explorations, Confirmatory of the Truth of Anci…
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Inferential Historic Materials
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Modern Jerusalem — A Voucher for the Literature…

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