The post of Joseph's ring brings forth the wealthy Christian collectors from England that were in Egypt, and the Middle East, purchasing what they could.
That post also mentions ancient texts. Prior to posting this I saw Sapphire blue energy on my right hand, so I know that I am on track.
An Earl of Ashburnham was one of those collectors and due to financial pressure, the family offered to sell the library including what is called a collection of 'illuminated manuscripts' to the nation in the 1890's for the value of 160,000 pounds.
That was a huge amount of money in those days, those manuscripts must have been incredibly valuable and incredibly rare, or the library was huge in size, plus full of valuable items.
The deal didn't go ahead, and the books were sold piecemeal for a total of 228,000 over the next few years. Many were purchased by the British Library and many were not.
For example, what is called the sixth-to-seventh century 'Ashburnham Pentateuch; is in Paris.
Goodness knows what else they had, especially as dating now is far superior and more proficient then it was in those days.
The Ashburnham Pentateuch was also known as the 'Tours Pentateuch' it originally contained the first five books of the bible written in Latin.
Now the plot thickens, because wiki state that it is now missing the whole book of Deuteronomy, as well as sections of five of the other books. It is written that the origin of the manuscript is uncertain, it as been described by some scholars as Spanish. Well that wouldn't be a surprise bearing in mind that scientists have found Western European DNA in the samples of King Tut e.g Iberian.
Other scholars state that it could be from North Africa, Syria, or Italy. Surely, if it was from Syria it would be in Syriac instead of Latin?
The manuscript had been stolen in 1842 from France and was then sold to Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl in 1847. Wiki state that it was sold back to France in 1888. The Earl did not have an issue with buying stolen goods, in fact, nor did the Church (Vatican) itself, as we have already proven.
The appetites of collectors is beyond measure, it is a thirst that is never quenched, until the day comes when they understand why they are collecting, what they are. Then they are able to move on with their spiritual journey. From experience, I know that the 'collector' is usually related to a past life issue.
Clearly, if he did purchase Joseph's ring and a copy of the Torah in Latin, he was a Christian looking for artifacts that would lead him to the truth about Messiah. I wonder if the Ashburnham Christian Trust have any information, and or a full list of the full contents of the original Ashburnham library that was sold. The British Library would certainly have known what was in that library at the time of their purchases from the Earl.
Well you never know what is going to turn up each day. So enjoy the ride.
ELIAKIM JOSEPH-SOPHIA
1. http://christvisionloveunion.blogspot.com/2011/10/magpie-cross.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashburnham_Pentateuch
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