[Footnote 112: In the account of the Monophysites and
Nestorians, I am deeply indebted to the Bibliotheca
Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana of Joseph Simon Assemannus.
That learned Maronite was despatched, in the year 1715, by
Pope Clement XI. to visit the monasteries of Egypt and
Syria, in search of Mss. His four folio volumes, published
at Rome 1719 - 1728, contain a part only, though perhaps the
most valuable, of his extensive project. As a native and as
a scholar, he possessed the Syriac literature; and though a
dependent of Rome, he wishes to be moderate and candid.]