Chrestomathia I, Caput II. Lines 27–41; marginal 30, 35, 40. Verse numerals 14–20. Breaks mid-verse 20, after ܘܠܟܠܗ ܦܪܚܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ.
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.
¹⁴ ܘܫܡܗ ܕܢܗܪܐ ܕܬܠܬܐ ܕܩܠܬ: ܗܘ ܕܐܙܠ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܐܬܘܪ. ܘܢܗܪܐ ܕܐܪܒܥܐ ܗܘ ܦܪܬ ❖ ¹⁵ ܘܕܒܪܗ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܐܕܡ ܘܐܫܪܝܗ ܒܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܕܥܕܢ: ܕܢܦܠܚܝܘܗܝ ܘܕܢܛܪܝܘܗܝ. ¹⁶ ܘܦܩܕܗ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܐܕܡ ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗ: ܡܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܝܠܢ̈ܐ ܕܒܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܡܐܟܠ ܬܐܟܘܠ: ¹⁷ ܘܡܢ ܐܝܠܢܐ ܕܝܕܥܬܐ ܕܛܒܬܐ ܘܕܒܝܫܬܐ ܠܐ ܬܐܟܘܠ ܡܢܗ. ܡܛܠ ܕܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܬܐܟܘܠ ܡܢܗ ܡܘܬܐ ܬܡܘܬ. ¹⁸ ܘܐܡܪ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ: ܠܐ ܫܦܝܪ ܕܢܗܘܐ ܐܕܡ ܒܠܚܘܕܘܗܝ. ܐܥܒܕ ܠܗ ܡܥܕܪܢܐ ܐܟܘܬܗ. ¹⁹ ܘܓܒܠ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܢ ܐܪܥܐ ܟܠܗ ܚܝܘܬܐ ܕܕܒܪܐ: ܘܟܠܗ ܦܪܚܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ: ܘܐܝܬܝ ܐܢܘܢ ܠܘܬ ܐܕܡ ܕܢܚܙܐ ܡܢܐ ܩܪܐ ܠܗܘܢ: ܘܟܠ ܕܩܪܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܐܕܡ ܢܦܫܐ ܚܝܬܐ ܗܘ ܗܘ ܫܡܗ. ²⁰ ܘܩܪܐ ܐܕܡ ܫܡܗ̈ܐ ܠܟܠܗ ܒܥܝܪܐ: ܘܠܟܠܗ ܦܪܚܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ:
⭐ CHECKED against Barnes pp. 3–4 (leaves n12–n13).
AGREEMENT, again including every proper name — ܕܩܠܬ · ܐܬܘܪ · ܦܪܬ · ܥܕܢ — and the two constructions most exposed to a bad plate reading: the infinitive absolute ܡܐܟܠ ܬܐܟܘܠ and ܡܘܬܐ ܬܡܘܬ, both of which Barnes has identically. Also ܡܥܕܪܢܐ ܐܟܘܬܗ · ܒܠܚܘܕܘܗܝ · ܕܢܦܠܚܝܘܗܝ ܘܕܢܛܪܝܘܗܝ.
No divergence of any kind was found on this page — text, word division, seyame or verse numbering. ✅ This is the cleanest page in the slice.