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The Athenæum – The Three Installments by Dr. Ginsburg – 25 August 1883
On 25 August 1883, The Athenæum published the third and final installment of Dr. Ginsburg’s transcription and translation of the manuscript strips. The article began, “This concludes the original and the translation of the MS. as far as it was necessary for...
The Egotism of the Learned World – 23 August 1883
Seemingly hurried to make a public statement following Clermont-Ganneau’s report published in The Times on 21 August, Dr. Ginsburg turned in a report to Mr. Bond on the next day. Like Clermont-Ganneau, Ginsburg also declared that the strips were forged. The...
Clermont-Ganneau and Conder Come Out Against Mr. Shapira’s Manuscripts – 21 August 1883
On Tuesday, 21 August 1883, readers of The Times would read the opinions of Monsieur Clermont-Ganneau and Claude Conder in regard to Mr. Shapira’s Manuscripts.[1] The following is a translation of a letter we have received from M. Clermont-Ganneau: “I...
Ginsburg’s Second Installment Appears – Clermont-Ganneau and Conder Put Pen to Paper – 18 August 1883
On Saturday, 18 August 1883, Monsieur Clermont-Ganneau completed his second of two days of what he called an “unpleasant task” of examining the two fragments of the MS displayed in the King’s Library. He wrote his assessment on this day, but it would not appear until...
Dr. Ginsburg’s Reticence – Liverpool Daily Post – 16 August 1883
On Thursday, 16 August 1883, a reporter from the Liverpool Daily Post expressed, on behalf of the believers in the authenticity of the leather strips, that if the manuscript were a forgery, Dr. Ginsburg would have already declared them as such. The fact that he had...
Monsieur Clermont-Ganneau’s Account of His Arrival in London – 15 August 1883
On Wednesday, 15 August 1883, Monsieur Charles Clermont-Ganneau arrived in London and made his way to the British Museum. What follows is Clermont-Ganneau’s account of the day of his arrival.[1] “I reached London on Wednesday last, instructed by the Minister of Public...