Chrestomathia I, Caput IV. Lines 16–35; marginal 20, 25, 30, 35. Verse numerals 9–18. Breaks mid-verse 18.
⚑ ONE LINE-BREAK READING FLAGGED: line 31 ends and line 32 begins across the opening of 4:17. The text is ¹⁷ ܘܚܟܡ / ܩܐܝܢ ܠܐܢܬܬܗ; the split between ܘܚܟܡ and ܩܐܝܢ is where I placed it, but the two tokens sit at a page-column edge and the assignment of ܩܐܝܢ to the second line is inference from token width, not a clean read. It does not affect the text, only the lineation.
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.
ܘܩܛܠܗ. ⁹ ܘܐܡܪ ܡܪܝܐ ܠܩܐܝܢ. ܐܝܟܘ ܗܒܝܠ ܐܚܘܟ. ܘܐܡܪ. ܠܐ ܝܕܥ ܐܢܐ. ܢܛܘܪܗ ܐܢܐ ܕܐܚܝ. ¹⁰ ܘܐܡܪ. ܡܢܐ ܥܒܕܬ. ܩܠܐ ܕܕܡܗ ܕܐܚܘܟ ܓܥܐ ܠܘܬܝ ܡܢ ܐܪܥܐ. ¹¹ ܘܡܟܝܠ ܠܝܛ ܐܢܬ ܡܢ ܐܪܥܐ. ܕܦܬܚܬ ܦܘܡܗ ܘܩܒܠܬ ܕܡܗ ܕܐܚܘܟ ܡܢ ܐܝܕܝ̈ܟ. ¹² ܟܕ ܬܦܠܘܚ ܒܐܪܥܐ ܠܐ ܬܘܣܦ ܕܬܬܠ ܠܟ ܚܝܠܗ. ܘܙܐܥ ܘܢܐܕ ܬܗܘܐ ܒܐܪܥܐ. ¹³ ܘܐܡܪ ܩܐܝܢ ܠܡܪܝܐ. ܪܒܐ ܗܝ ܣܟܠܘܬܝ ܡܢ ܕܠܡܫܒܩ. ¹⁴ ܗܐ ܐܦܩܬܢܝ ܝܘܡܢܐ ܡܢ ܐܦܝ̈ ܐܪܥܐ. ܘܡܢ ܩܕܡܝܟ ܐܬܛܫܐ. ܘܐܗܘܐ ܙܐܥ ܘܢܐܕ ܒܐܪܥܐ. ܘܟܠ ܕܢܫܟܚܢܝ ܢܩܛܠܢܝ. ¹⁵ ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܡܪܝܐ. ܠܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܟܠ ܕܢܩܛܘܠ ܠܩܐܝܢ. ܚܕ ܒܫܒܥܐ ܢܬܦܪܥ. ܘܣܡ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܬܐ ܒܩܐܝܢ. ܕܠܐ ܢܩܛܠܘܢܝܗܝ ܟܠ ܡܢ ܕܡܫܟܚ ܠܗ. ¹⁶ ܘܢܦܩ ܩܐܝܢ ܡܢ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ. ܘܝܬܒ ܒܐܪܥܐ ܕܢܘܕ ܡܢ ܡܕܢܚܗ ܕܥܕܢ ❖ ¹⁷ ܘܚܟܡ ܩܐܝܢ ܠܐܢܬܬܗ. ܘܒܛܢܬ ܘܝܠܕܬ ܠܚܢܘܟ. ܘܗܘܐ ܒܢܐ ܩܪܝܬܐ. ܘܩܪܐ ܫܡܗ ܕܩܪܝܬܐ ܥܠ ܫܡ ܒܪܗ ܚܢܘܟ. ¹⁸ ܘܐܬܝܠܕ ܠܚܢܘܟ ܥܝܪܕ. ܘܥܝܪܕ ܐܘܠܕ ܠܡܚܘܝܐܝܠ. ܘܡܚܘܝܐܝܠ ܐܘܠܕ ܠܡܬܘܫܐܝܠ.
⭐ CHECKED against Barnes pp. 6–7 (leaves n15–n16).
AGREEMENT, and the check is at its strongest here — unvocalized Estrangela against unvocalized Estrangela, over a stretch dense with proper names: ܩܐܝܢ · ܗܒܝܠ · ܢܘܕ · ܥܕܢ · ܚܢܘܟ · ܥܝܪܕ · ܡܚܘܝܐܝܠ · ܡܬܘܫܐܝܠ, all agreeing letter for letter. Also ܢܛܘܪܗ ܐܢܐ ܕܐܚܝ · ܩܠܐ ܕܕܡܗ ܕܐܚܘܟ ܓܥܐ ܠܘܬܝ · ܪܒܐ ܗܝ ܣܟܠܘܬܝ ܡܢ ܕܠܡܫܒܩ · ܙܐܥ ܘܢܐܕ · ܚܕ ܒܫܒܥܐ ܢܬܦܪܥ.
No divergence found. Given that Nestle is here transcribing cod. Ambrosianus and Barnes is editing the BFBS text, that agreement is itself the finding for these pages.
⚑ The lineation question at 4:17 (see work_note) is not something Barnes can settle — a line break is a fact about Nestle's page, not about the text.