Chrestomathia I. Three closing lines of Caput I (piece-lines 53, 54, 55, with the marginal 55
in the outer margin), then CAPUT II., then eleven lines of Caput II whose own line numbering
RESTARTS at 1 (marginal 5 appears on the fifth line of the new chapter). The page therefore
carries two line-number series.
⚑ Peshitta reading at Gen 2:2, kept as printed: ܘܫܠܡ ܐܠܗܐ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܫܬܝܬܝܐ ('on the SIXTH day God finished'), against the Hebrew's seventh. This is the Peshitta's own reading, not an error.
⚑ First of Nestle's SQUARE-BRACKET SUPPLEMENTS in this piece, at Gen 2:5: [ܐܦܝ̈]. The
brackets are the editor's; they mark a word supplied. They recur on pp. 71, 73, 74, 75, 78.
⭐ THE PAGE ON WHICH THE SCRIPT CHANGES, and it changes at the CAPUT boundary, not at a page
boundary. Lines 53–55 close Genesis 1 in fully vocalized Serto; the heading CAPUT II.
follows; from Gen 2:1 the text is unvocalized Estrangela with seyame and diacritic points and
NO vowel signs of any kind. MAP.md put this transition at p. 71 (n160) and read it as a
one-way drift; it is here, it is at the chapter seam, and it reverses again at Caput III
(p. 73). A single layer string cannot describe this page; hence the compound value above
and the per-section marking inside text_syr_voc.
Barnes, PENTATEUCHUS SYRIACE (post Samuelem Lee), BFBS London 1914 — archive.org ktavadeauritaauk00lees, title page verified at n6. PD. ⭐ PAGINATION CALIBRATED THIS PASS: printed page = leaf − 9 (n10 = p. 1, Gen 1:1–13, signature B; n11 = p. 2, running head ܣܦܪܐ ܕܒܪܝܬܐ + I. 14—28; agreement on two independent pages, per MAP.md's own method). Barnes prints unvocalized Estrangela with seyame and diacritic points, verse numbers in the outer margin against the line on which a verse opens, * as verse divider and ❖ at the close of a paragraph. See research/syriac-peshitta-editions.md
Read from the plate, line by line, off 3.0–5.5x crops cut by horizontal projection (one strip per 2–4 printed lines); the 1.75x half-crops of tools/quarry_fetch.sh are NOT sufficient for pointed Serto and were used only for orientation. Consonantal skeleton, seyame, word division, punctuation, verse numerals, marginal line numerals and square-bracket supplements are read directly. ⚠ HONEST LIMIT, per the never-read-codepoints-by-eye rule: the West-Syriac vowel points are legible AS SHAPES at this resolution (zqofo prints as a small circle, ptoho as an open triangle, and so on — calibrated on ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ, which recurs on every page), but the finest layer — rukkakha/qushshaya bars, the ܗ̇ point, linea occultans — is recorded where seen and is not warranted point-by-point. The vocalisation below is therefore a plate reading at the word level, not a certified diacritic-level edition; a blind control on a sample ([[reference_arabic-control-rule]]) is still owed before this text is shipped.
ܕܺܐܝܬ ܒܶܗ ܢܰܦܫܳܐ ܚܰܝܬܳܐ: ܘܟܽܠ ܝܘܪܳܩ ܥܶܣܒܳܐ ܠܡܶܐܟܘܠܬܳܐ: ܘܰܗܘܳܐ ܗܳܟܰܢܳܐ. ³¹ ܘܰܚܙܳܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܟܽܠ ܕܰܥܒܰܕ: ܘܗܳܐ ܛܳܒ ܫܰܦܺܝܪ. ܘܰܗܘܳܐ ܪܰܡܫܳܐ ܘܰܗܘܳܐ ܨܰܦܪܳܐ ܝܰܘܡܳܐ ܕܶܫܬܳܐ ❖
# ---- CAPUT II. — from here unvocalized Estrangela, line numbering restarts at 1 ----
¹ ܘܐܫܬܟܠܠܘ ܫܡܝܐ ܘܐܪܥܐ: ܘܟܠܗܘܢ ܚܝܠܘ̈ܬܗܘܢ. ² ܘܫܠܡ ܐܠܗܐ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܫܬܝܬܝܐ ܥܒܕܘ̈ܗܝ ܕܥܒܕ. ܘܐܬܬܢܝܚ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܫܒܝܥܝܐ ܡܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܥܒܕܘ̈ܗܝ ܕܥܒܕ. ³ ܘܒܪܟ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܝܘܡܐ ܫܒܝܥܝܐ ܘܩܕܫܗ. ܡܛܠ ܕܒܗ ܐܬܬܢܝܚ ܡܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܥܒܕܘ̈ܗܝ: ܕܒܪܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܡܥܒܕ. ⁴ ܗܠܝܢ ܬܘܠܕ̈ܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ ܘܕܐܪܥܐ ܟܕ ܐܬܒܪܝܘ: ܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܥܒܕ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܫܡܝܐ ܘܐܪܥܐ. ⁵ ܘܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܝܠܢ̈ܐ ܕܚܩܠܐ ܕܥܕܟܝܠ ܠܐ ܗܘܘ ܒܐܪܥܐ. ܘܟܠܗ ܥܣܒܐ ܕܚܩܠܐ ܕܥܕܟܝܠ ܠܐ ܝܥܐ: ܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܐܚܬ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܛܪܐ ܥܠ [ܐܦܝ̈] ܐܪܥܐ. ܘܐܢܫܐ ܠܝܬ ܠܡܦܠܚ ܒܐܪܥܐ ❖
The only apparatus is the chapter heading CAPUT II. and the square-bracket supplement
[ܐܦܝ̈] in the last line. No footnotes.
⭐ CHECKED against Barnes pp. 2–3 (leaves n11–n12).
AGREEMENT on the close of Gen 1 (ܘܟܠ ܝܘܪܩ ܥܣܒܐ ܠܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ · ܘܚܙܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܟܠ ܕܥܒܕ ܘܗܐ ܛܒ ܫܦܝܪ · ܝܘܡܐ ܕܫܬܐ) and on Gen 2:1–5, including the distinctive ܘܐܫܬܟܠܠܘ at 2:1 and the SIXTH day at 2:2 — Barnes reads ܫܬܝܬܝܐ likewise, so Nestle is not idiosyncratic here.
⚑ The [ܐܦܝ̈] at 2:5: Barnes prints ܥܠ ܐܦ̈ܝ ܐܪܥܐ unbracketed. So Nestle's brackets record a
LACUNA IN HIS OWN EXEMPLAR, not a doubt about the Peshitta text — useful to know before the
brackets are given any weight in a learner-facing edition.
⚠ Barnes cannot check the pointing of lines 53–55; for the Estrangela section there is nothing to point, which is exactly why the Estrangela pages of this piece are the more reliable part of the extraction.