Chrestomathia I, Caput III. Lines 24–43; marginal 25, 30, 35, 40. Verse numerals 15–24. Breaks mid-verse 24. One square-bracket supplement, at the end of 3:23.
⚑ UNCERTAIN, and recorded as such rather than smoothed: the last line reads ܠܡܶܦܠܰܚ ܐܰܪܥܳܐ ܕܶܐܬܢܣܶܒ [ܡܶܢ ܬܰܡܳܢ] — the bracketed close is legible as bracketed but the two words inside it were read at 3.6x only, and the preceding verb could be ܕܢܶܦܠܘܚ rather than ܠܡܶܦܠܰܚ. Both are marked in the text below.
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.
ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܠܚܶܘܝܳܐ. ܥܰܠ ܕܰܥܒܰܕܬ ܗܳܕܶܐ. ܠܺܝܛ ܐܰܢ̱ܬ ܡܶܢ ܟܽܠܳܗ̇ ܒܥܺܝܪܳܐ ܘܡܶܢ ܟܽܠܳܗ̇ ܚܰܝܘܬܳܐ ܕܕܰܒܪܳܐ. ܘܥܰܠ ܟܰܪܣܳܟ ܬܗܰܠܶܟ. ܘܥܰܦܪܳܐ ܬܶܐܟܘܠ ܟܽܠܗܘܢ ܝܰܘ̈ܡܰܝ ܚܰܝ̈ܰܝܟ. ¹⁵ ܘܰܒܥܶܠܕܒܳܒܘܬܳܐ ܐܶܣܺܝܡ ܒܰܝܢܰܝܟ ܠܰܐܢ̱ܬܬܳܐ. ܘܒܶܝܬ ܙܰܪܥܳܟ ܠܙܰܪܥܳܗ̇. ܗܘ ܢܕܘܫ ܪܺܫܳܟ. ܘܰܐܢ̱ܬ ܬܶܡܚܶܝܘܗܝ ܥܶܩܒܶܗ ❖ ¹⁶ ܘܠܰܐܢ̱ܬܬܳܐ ܐܶܡܰܪ. ܡܰܣܓܳܝܘ ܐܰܣܓܶܐ ܟܺܐܒ̈ܰܝܟܝ ܘܒܰܛܢܰܝ̈ܟܝ. ܘܰܒܟܺܐܒ̈ܶܐ ܬܺܐܠܕܺܝܢ ܒܢܰܝ̈ܳܐ. ܘܥܰܠ ܒܰܥܠܶܟܝ ܡܰܦܢܝܳܢܘܬܶܟܝ ܘܗܘ ܢܶܫܬܰܠܰܛ ܒܶܟܝ ❖ ¹⁷ ܘܠܳܐܕܳܡ ܐܶܡܰܪ. ܥܰܠ ܕܰܫܡܰܥܬ ܒܩܳܠܳܗ̇ ܕܰܐܢ̱ܬܬܳܟ. ܘܶܐܟܰܠܬ ܡܶܢ ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܕܦܰܩܶܕܬܳܟ ܘܶܐܡܪܶܬ ܠܳܟ ܕܠܳܐ ܬܶܐܟܘܠ ܡܶܢܶܗ. ܠܺܝܛܳܐ ܐܰܪܥܳܐ ܡܶܛܽܠܳܬܳܟ. ܒܥܰܡܠܳܐ ܬܶܐܟܠܺܝܗ̇ ܟܽܠܗܘܢ ܝܰܘ̈ܡܰܝ ܚܰܝ̈ܰܝܟ. ¹⁸ ܘܟܘܒ̈ܶܐ ܘܕܰܪ̈ܕܪܶܐ ܬܰܘܥܶܐ ܠܳܟ. ܘܬܶܐܟܘܠ ܥܶܣܒܳܐ ܕܚܰܩܠܳܐ. ¹⁹ ܘܰܒܕܘܥܬܳܐ ܕܰܐܦܰܝ̈ܟ ܬܶܐܟܘܠ ܠܰܚܡܳܐ. ܥܕܰܡܳܐ ܕܬܶܗܦܘܟ ܠܰܐܪܥܳܐ ܕܡܶܢܳܗ̇ ܐܶܬܢܣܶܒܬ. ܕܥܰܦܪܳܐ ܐܰܢ̱ܬ ܘܰܠܥܰܦܪܳܐ ܬܶܗܦܘܟ. ²⁰ ܘܰܩܪܳܐ ܐܳܕܳܡ ܫܡܳܗ̇ ܕܰܐܢ̱ܬܬܶܗ ܚܰܘܳܐ. ܡܶܛܽܠ ܕܗܺܝ ܗܘܳܬ ܐܶܡܳܐ ܕܟܽܠ ܕܚܰܝ. ²¹ ܘܰܥܒܰܕ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܠܳܐܕܳܡ ܘܠܰܐܢ̱ܬܬܶܗ ܟܘܬܺܝܢ̈ܝܳܬܳܐ ܕܡܶܫܟܳܐ ܘܰܐܠܒܶܫ ܐܶܢܘܢ. ²² ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ. ܗܳܐ ܐܳܕܳܡ ܗܘܳܐ ܐܰܝܟ ܚܰܕ ܡܶܢܰܢ. ܠܡܶܕܰܥ ܛܳܒܬܳܐ ܘܒܺܝܫܬܳܐ. ܘܗܳܫܳܐ ܕܰܠܡܳܐ ܢܘܫܶܛ ܐܺܝܕܶܗ ܘܢܶܣܰܒ ܐܳܦ ܡܶܢ ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܕܚܰܝ̈ܶܐ. ܘܢܶܐܟܘܠ ܘܢܺܚܶܐ ܠܥܳܠܰܡ. ²³ ܘܰܐܦܩܶܗ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܡܶܢ ܦܰܪܕܰܝܣܳܐ ܕܥܶܕܶܢ ܠܡܶܦܠܰܚ ܐܰܪܥܳܐ ܕܶܐܬܢܣܶܒ [ܡܶܢ ܬܰܡܳܢ]. ²⁴ ܘܰܐܦܩܶܗ ܠܳܐܕܳܡ
⭐ CHECKED against Barnes pp. 5–6 (leaves n14–n15; p. 6 carries the running head III. 18—IV. 8,
which independently confirms the leaf−9 offset a third time).
AGREEMENT on the whole page, including the long curse-oracles where a plate reader is most tempted to normalise: ܡܣܓܝܘ ܐܣܓܐ ܟܐܒ̈ܝܟܝ ܘܒܛܢ̈ܝܟܝ · ܡܦܢܝܢܘܬܟܝ · ܟܘܒ̈ܐ ܘܕܪ̈ܕܪܐ ܬܘܥܐ ܠܟ · ܘܒܕܘܥܬܐ ܕܐܦ̈ܝܟ · ܟܘܬܝܢ̈ܝܬܐ ܕܡܫܟܐ · ܗܐ ܐܕܡ ܗܘܐ ܐܝܟ ܚܕ ܡܢܢ · ܘܢܚܐ ܠܥܠܡ.
✅ RESOLVES THE PAGE'S OWN UNCERTAINTY: Barnes reads 3:23 as ܘܐܦܩܗ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܢ ܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܕܥܕܢ. ܠܡܦܠܚ ܐܪܥܐ ܕܐܬܢܣܒ ܡܢ ܬܡܢ — so ܠܡܶܦܠܰܚ (not ܕܢܶܦܠܘܚ) and ܡܶܢ ܬܰܡܳܢ are right, and Nestle's brackets again mark his exemplar's gap. The reading above is kept as printed WITH the brackets; the note in work_note stands as the record of what the plate alone could and could not carry.
⚠ Barnes cannot check the pointing.