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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/howcodexwasfound00lewi"The narrative of these two journeys is of special interest, because the first one, that made by my twin sister, Mrs. Lewis, and myself, in 1892, led to the discovery of an early and important codex of ancient Syriac gospels... while that made by us this year in company with [Cambridge scholars and their wives] was undertaken for the purpose of deciphering the precious manuscript to which we have alluded.
"Abler pens than mine will write about these Syriac gospels... yet on me devolves the task of telling how the codex was found. Many inaccurate statements have been made by too hasty writers in our public prints, and it has occurred to me that the best means of removing misconceptions on the subject is to reprint my sister's journal of our trips to Sinai in 1892 and 1893." - Margaret Dunlop Gibson (Summary by the author)
Target completion date: 2021-09-31
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Travel & Geography/Exploration; *Non-fiction/Religion/Christianity - Other
Keywords that describe the book: travel, New Testament, Sinai, syriac, ancient manuscripts, cambridge scholars, st. catharine's monastary
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections:"Section # of How the Codex Was Found; A Narrative of Two Visits to Sinai; From Mrs. Lewis's Journals, 1892-1893." This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." "How the Codex Was Found, by Margaret Dunlop Gibson. Section #."
End of recording:"Section # of How the Codex Was Found, by Margaret Dunlop Gibson. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." "Section #"
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If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of Section #." "Read by your name."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of How the Codex Was Found, by Margaret Dunlop Gibson."
Filename: howthecodexwasfound_##_gibson_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. howthecodexwasfound_01_gibson_128kb.mp3)
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