Chrestomathia I. Two lines closing Caput III (lines 44–45, marginal 45), then the heading
CAPUT IV. followed by a parenthetical Latin note, then fifteen lines of Caput IV with line
numbering restarted at 1 (marginal 5, 10, 15). Verse numerals 1–8 of Genesis 4; breaks
mid-verse 8.
⭐⭐ THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL NOTE IN THIS SLICE, AND IT IS A SOURCE NOTE, NOT A TEXT NOTE:
Nestle prints under the chapter heading (Secundum codicem Ambrosianum seculi fere sexti.)
— Genesis 4 is set FROM THE AMBROSIAN CODEX (the 6th–7th c. Milan Peshitta, Ambros. B. 21 inf.),
not from the base text of chapters 1–3. So for pp. 76–78 the Barnes diff is a comparison of
TWO DIFFERENT WITNESSES, and a divergence there is evidence about the manuscript tradition,
never evidence that the extraction is wrong. ⚑ This changes what the control means for the
last three pages of the slice and it should be carried into any downstream use of this text:
Gen 1–3 here is an edition, Gen 4 here is a manuscript transcript.
⭐ FOURTH AND LAST LAYER SEAM, and it confirms the alternation: two closing lines of Genesis 3
in vocalized Serto, then CAPUT IV. and unvocalized Estrangela to the end of the piece
(p. 78).
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.
ܘܰܐܫܪܺܝ ܡܶܢ ܡܰܕܢܚܰܝ̈ ܦܰܪܕܰܝܣܳܐ ܕܥܶܕܶܢ ܟܪܘܒܳܐ ܘܫܰܢܳܢܬܳܐ ܕܚܰܪܒܳܐ ܕܡܶܬܗܰܦܟܳܐ ܠܡܶܛܰܪ ܐܘܪܚܳܐ ܕܺܐܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܕܚܰܝ̈ܶܐ ❖
# ---- CAPUT IV. (Secundum codicem Ambrosianum seculi fere sexti.) # from here unvocalized Estrangela, line numbering restarts at 1 ----
¹ ܘܐܕܡ ܚܟܡ ܠܚܘܐ ܐܢܬܬܗ. ܘܒܛܢܬ ܘܝܠܕܬ ܠܩܐܝܢ. ܘܐܡܪܬ. ܩܢܝܬ ܓܒܪܐ ܠܡܪܝܐ. ² ܘܐܘܣܦܬ ܠܡܐܠܕ ܠܐܚܘܗܝ ܠܗܒܝܠ. ܘܗܘܐ ܗܒܝܠ ܪܥܐ ܥܢܐ. ܘܩܐܝܢ ܗܘܐ ܦܠܚ ܒܐܪܥܐ ❖ ³ ܘܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܒܬܪ ܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ. ܘܐܝܬܝ ܩܐܝܢ ܡܢ ܦܐܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܪܥܗ. ܩܘܪܒܢܐ ܠܡܪܝܐ. ⁴ ܘܗܒܝܠ ܐܝܬܝ ܐܦ ܗܘ ܡܢ ܒܟܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܢܗ ܘܡܢ ܫܡܝܢ̈ܝܗܘܢ. ܘܐܨܛܒܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܒܗܒܝܠ ܘܒܩܘܪܒܢܗ. ⁵ ܘܒܩܐܝܢ ܘܒܩܘܪܒܢܗ ܠܐ ܐܨܛܒܝ. ܘܐܬܒܐܫ ܠܩܐܝܢ ܛܒ. ܘܐܬܟܡܪ ܐܦܘ̈ܗܝ.. ⁶ ܘܐܡܪ ܡܪܝܐ ܠܩܐܝܢ. ܠܡܢܐ ܐܬܒܐܫ ܠܟ.. ܘܠܡܢܐ ܐܬܟܡܪܘ ܐܦܝ̈ܟ. ⁷ ܗܐ ܐܢ ܬܫܦܪ ܩܒܠܬ. ܘܐܢ ܠܐ ܬܫܦܪ. ܥܠ ܬܪܥܐ ܚܛܗܐ ܪܒܝܥ. ܐܢܬ ܬܬܦܢܐ ܠܘܬܗ. ܘܗܘ ܢܫܬܠܛ ܒܟ ❖ ⁸ ܘܐܡܪ ܩܐܝܢ ܠܗܒܝܠ ܐܚܘܗܝ. ܢܪܕܐ ܠܦܩܥܬܐ. ܘܗܘܐ ܕܟܕ ܗܢܘܢ ܒܚܩܠܐ. ܩܡ ܩܐܝܢ ܥܠ ܗܒܝܠ ܐܚܘܗܝ.
⭐ CAPUT IV. with the parenthetical (Secundum codicem Ambrosianum seculi fere sexti.) —
Nestle's own siglum-in-prose for the rest of the piece. This IS the primer note that matters
on this page; see work_note. No footnotes.
⭐ CHECKED against Barnes p. 6 = leaf n15, running head III. 18—IV. 8 — which happens to
cover exactly this page's span, so the control is unusually tight here.
Gen 4:1–8 AGREES with Barnes essentially word for word, which is the interesting result given that the two are now different witnesses: ܘܐܕܡ ܚܟܡ ܠܚܘܐ ܐܢܬܬܗ · ܩܢܝܬ ܓܒܪܐ ܠܡܪܝܐ · ܘܐܘܣܦܬ ܠܡܐܠܕ ܠܐܚܘܗܝ ܠܗܒܝܠ · ܪܥܐ ܥܢܐ · ܡܢ ܒܟܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܢܗ ܘܡܢ ܫܡܝܢ̈ܝܗܘܢ · ܥܠ ܬܪܥܐ ܚܛܗܐ ܪܒܝܥ · ܢܪܕܐ ܠܦܩܥܬܐ. The Ambrosian text and the BFBS text of Genesis 4 are, at this level of reading, the same text.
⚑ TWO SMALL DIVERGENCES, recorded and NOT corrected toward Barnes: · 3:24 — Nestle ܟܪܘܒܳܐ ܘܫܰܢܳܢܬܳܐ ܕܚܰܪܒܳܐ; Barnes ܟܪܘܒܐ ܘܫܢܢܐ ܕܚܪܒܐ (masc.). A one-letter difference in a rare noun; ⚠ my Nestle reading of the final ܬܐ is from a 3.6x strip and is the weaker of the two witnesses here. Flag for re-read. · 4:3 — Nestle ܡܢ ܦܐܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܪܥܗ ('of HIS land'); Barnes ܡܢ ܦܐܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ. This one is exactly the kind of divergence the Ambrosian note predicts, and it is the reason that note is in work_note rather than buried here. ⚠ Also read at strip resolution; worth confirming.
⚠ Barnes cannot check the pointing of lines 44–45; the Estrangela section has none to check.