In the Jewish apocryphal literature there is a book bearing the title of Letters of Aristeas Filocrates his brother, who is supposed written between the years 127 to 118 BC This work tells a historical fact: In the reign of Ptolemy II (285-247 BC) worked at the Museum of a librarian named Demetrio Falero (or Falerio), a fan of the library to struggle all his life for his aggrandizement. Demetrio asked the king to ask for diplomatic means to the city of Jerusalem the book of Jewish law and that would also come to Alexandria to a few translators to translate into Greek the five volumes of the Hebrew text of the Torah (named after the Translation Pentateuch, in Greek), ie the first five books of the Old Testament. Eleazar, the priest of Jerusalem, sent to Alexandria to 72 translators who were allegedly wise men on the Island of Lights (against Alexandria) to do the job, it is said that in 72 days. It is believed that this was the first translation of the story, which is called the Septuagint or of Seventy Bible or the LXX, because the rounded number of 72 translators to 70.
On another occasion, Demetrio of Falero (who also was a great traveler), while in Greece, convinced the Athenians to send the manuscripts of Aeschylus Alexandria (which were deposited in the archives of the theater of Dionysos, in the city of Athens ), To be copied. When a request to be like this, the custom was to deposit a large amount of money until the return of the texts. The manuscript came to the museum, the copies were made correctly, but did not return to their place of origin, but that what was returned were copies made in the library. In this way Ptolemy Filadelfo lost the vast amount of deposits transferred, but chose to stay for your library’s treasure posed manuscripts.
In the Council of Nicaea (325 year) was decided that the date for Easter Resurrection was calculated at Alexandria, since then the Museum of this city was regarded as the most important Astronomical Center. After many studies turned an impossible task; knowledge to be able to carry out were still not enough. The main problem was the difference in days, called spacta, between the anus solar and lunar year plus the difference between the anus that had astronomical and the anus of the Julian calendar, which was the one that was in use.
The complete library of philosopher Aristoteles, his work and his books are guarding this place. Some authors believe that the buy Ptolemy II. Everything is lost. There were also twenty different versions of the Odyssey, the play area and the movement of Autol horn, The Elements of Hippocrates of Chios and many of the works that are not retained more than the name and memory.
In Alexandria copies were provided in addition papyrus and this material was exported to various regions. The city of Pergamon was one of the most used the papyrus, until the kings of Egypt decided not to export more to take them in this exclusive material for their copies. In Pergamon then began to use the scroll, known since many centuries ago, but had been replaced by the papyrus by the latter being more inexpensive and easy to get.
Papyri never folded: is wound. The first works were presented in rolls (volume in Latin). Each volume was composed of sheets of papyrus linked to each other forming a band that would roll on a wooden cylinder. The texts were written in columns in Greek or demotic, with diluted ink in myrrh. The scribes were using only one hand and wrote with a sharp cana, squid. The rolls were tagged and placed in boxes that were deposited in the inner wall of cabinets (cabinet), sorted by categories: literary texts, philosophers, scientists and technicians. Subsequently, it wasin the alphabetical order of names of authors. In ancient Greece, Plat’ue the first fil’o that elabor’a teor”ca, … qued’nfinada to showcase the antig’des valuable but in’es …
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