"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303) and index
Contents:
Introduction: Cambridge, 13 April 1893 The birth and upbringing of lady Bible hunters The journey to the Nile The boat The perfect dragoman The search for the perfect mate Greece The estate of marriage The Cambridge antiquarian Heresy and mortality Sinai and Von Tischendorf The perils of Bible-hunting The story Von Tischendorf did not tell Setting out for Sinai The treasure in the dark closet The Cambridge party The disjoint expedition The final falling-out The Devilish Press and the Highland Regiment The Cambridge cold shoulder A lightening course in text scholarship In the company of orientalists Burying the hatchet Keepers of manuscripts Solomon Schechter and the Cairo Genizah In Cairo with Schechter Castelbrae The college's opening The active life The darkening to war Palimpsest
