Chrestomathia I. Eleven lines closing Caput II (lines 42–52, marginal 50), then CAPUT III.,
then three lines of Caput III with its own line numbering restarted at 1. Two line-number
series on the page. One square-bracket supplement, [ܠܗ] at Gen 2:20.
⭐ THE SCRIPT REVERSES HERE, again exactly at the Caput seam. Gen 2:20–25 finishes in
unvocalized Estrangela; after CAPUT III. Genesis 3 opens in fully vocalized Serto. Taken
with p. 70 and p. 76 this establishes the alternation Caput I Serto / II Estrangela /
III Serto / IV Estrangela, which is the layer finding of the whole slice.
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.
ܘܠܟܠܗ ܚܝܘܬܐ ܕܒܪܐ. ܘܠܐܕܡ ܠܐ ܐܫܬܟܚ [ܠܗ] ܡܥܕܪܢܐ ܐܟܘܬܗ. ²¹ ܘܐܪܡܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܫܠܝܐ ܥܠ ܐܕܡ ܘܕܡܟ: ܘܢܣܒ ܚܕܐ ܡܢ ܐܠܥܘ̈ܗܝ: ܘܐܘܚܕ ܒܣܪܐ ܚܠܦܝܗ. ²² ܘܬܩܢ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܐܠܥܐ ܕܢܣܒ ܡܢ ܐܕܡ ܠܐܢܬܬܐ ܘܐܝܬܝܗ ܠܘܬ ܐܕܡ. ²³ ܘܐܡܪ ܐܕܡ. ܗܢܐ ܙܒܢܐ ܓܪܡܐ ܡܢ ܓܪ̈ܡܝ: ܘܒܣܪܐ ܡܢ ܒܣܪܝ: ܗܕܐ ܬܬܩܪܐ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܡܛܠ ܕܡܢ ܓܒܪܐ ܢܣܝܒܐ. ²⁴ ܡܛܠ ܗܢܐ ܢܫܒܘܩ ܓܒܪܐ ܠܐܒܘܗܝ ܘܠܐܡܗ: ܘܢܩܦ ܠܐܢܬܬܗ. ܘܢܗܘܘܢ ܬܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܚܕ ܒܣܪ. ²⁵ ܘܗܘܘ ܬܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܥܪܛܠܝܝܢ: ܐܕܡ ܘܐܢܬܬܗ ܘܠܐ ܒܗܬܝܢ ❖
# ---- CAPUT III. — from here vocalized Serto, line numbering restarts at 1 ----
¹ ܘܚܶܘܝܳܐ ܥܪܺܝܡ ܗܘܳܐ ܡܶܢ ܟܽܠܳܗ̇ ܚܰܝܘܬܳܐ ܕܕܰܒܪܳܐ ܕܥܶܒܕܰܬ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ. ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܚܶܘܝܳܐ ܠܰܐܢ̱ܬܬܳܐ. ܫܰܪܺܝܪܳܐܝܺܬ ܐܶܡܰܪ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܕܠܳܐ ܬܶܐܟܠܘܢ ܡܶܢ ܟܽܠ ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܕܦܰܪܕܰܝܣܳܐ. ² ܘܶܐܡܪܰܬ ܐܰܢ̱ܬܬܳܐ
CAPUT III. and the square-bracket supplement [ܠܗ] at 2:20. No footnotes.
⭐ CHECKED against Barnes p. 4 (leaf n13) and the head of p. 5.
AGREEMENT throughout the Estrangela section, including ܘܐܘܚܕ ܒܣܪܐ ܚܠܦܝܗ · ܘܬܩܢ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܐܠܥܐ · ܗܢܐ ܙܒܢܐ ܓܪܡܐ ܡܢ ܓܪ̈ܡܝ · ܢܫܒܘܩ ܓܒܪܐ ܠܐܒܘܗܝ ܘܠܐܡܗ · ܥܪܛܠܝܝܢ … ܘܠܐ ܒܗܬܝܢ. Barnes prints ܘܠܐܕܡ ܠܐ ܐܫܬܟܚ ܠܗ ܡܥܕܪܢܐ ܐܟܘܬܗ unbracketed — the third instance of the same pattern, so Nestle's brackets in this piece are consistently a note on his exemplar.
Gen 3:1–2 also agrees (ܘܚܘܝܐ ܥܪܝܡ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܟܠܗ̇ ܚܝܘܬܐ ܕܕܒܪܐ · ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ ܐܡܪ ܐܠܗܐ).
⚠ From Caput III onward the control weakens again in the same way it did in Caput I: Barnes is unvocalized, so it cannot check one vowel of the Serto section.