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The Manichees. Sect. III. 327
13. From Augustine we learn that the'' Manichees had
many and large books, adorned at great expense. Periiaps
the bulk of the volumes Avas owing to the largeness of" the
letters in which > they were written throughout; such as
were otherwise generally used only at the beginnings of
books or chapters.
14. I have now finished my account of Mani's works ; I
wish we had more of them, or at least The Epistle of the
Foundation entire, that we might judge for ourselves. Perhaps
it might please the curious if some learned man would
publish a collection of all Mani's fragments.
" conspuuntur [al. conspiciuntur] tarn raulti et tam grandes et tam
pretiosi codices vestri : et multum dolentur labores antiquariorum, et sacelli
miserorum, et panis deceptorum. Contr. Faust. 1. 13. c. 6. Incendite omnes
illas membranas, elegantesque tecturas decoris pellibiis exquisitas, ut nee res
superflua vos oneret. ib. cap. 18.—cum te ilU sonarent mihi frequenter et
muitipliciter voce sola, et libris multis et ingentibus. Confess. 1. 3. c. 6. n.
10. Vid. et c. 12.
y Habeant, qui volant, veteres libros, vel in membranis purpureis auro
argentoque descriptos, vel initialibus, ut vulgo aiunt, literis, oncra magis
exarata, quam codices : dummodo mihi, meisque permittant pauperes habere
schedulas, et non tam pulchros codices quam emendates. Hier. Pr. in Job. T.
i- p. 798.