A decorative rectangular headpiece featuring symmetrical floral and vine patterns in black ink.

956.9
B391h
1895

PREFACE

TO THE FIRST EDITION.

J. M. CHILDS AUG 5 1891
17 Je 60 D. Sutohryn (recat.)
Library accession notes in pencil?

Following the example of the Apostle St. Thomas and St. Mares, the Chaldean clergy worked for the propagation of the faith in Persia, in India, and in China. We find evidence of this activity in the Life of St. Jonas, which we propose to publish shortly. This Life was written by Zadoï, abbot of the convent of St. Thomas in India, who had given hospitality to the saint in the monastery he directed. St. Jonas was a disciple of St. Eugene and lived at the end of the fourth century or at the beginning of the fifth.

The famous inscription found in China in the year 1625 also bears witness to the