· line 318 rubric ܡܠܐܟܝ ܢܒܝܐ ܂ — MALACHI the prophet, standing as the FIRST line of
the page (the Life of Zechariah having closed at p. 101 line 317)
· lines 319-329 Life of MALACHI, complete on this page; line 329 is short
(ܐܒܗ̈ܘܗܝ ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܂)
· line 330 rubric ܢܬܢ ܂ — NATHAN (bare name)
· lines 331-337 Life of NATHAN, running on to p. 103.
⭐ THIS IS THE HINGE OF THE PIECE. Malachi is the last of the twelve; with Nathan at line 330
the collection turns back to the non-writing prophets (Nathan, then presumably Ahijah, Joad,
Elijah, Elisha … on pp. 103-107). Schermann's Sinai capitulum runs the other way round
(Moses, Samuel, David, Nathan first, Malachi last), so the two recensions are in reverse
relation to each other at this point — see [alignment].
⛔ No individual codex named.
No vowel signs. Seyame present (ܒܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ 324 and 326, ܐܒܗ̈ܘܗܝ 329). No ܀ on this page: both
Life-endings here use the short-line-plus-pause pattern. Both ܂ and ܆ in use.
Th. Schermann, PROPHETARUM VITAE FABULOSAE, Teubner 1907 — archive.org prophetarumvita00schegoog. Latin version of the Syriac (cod. Sinait. syro 10) at pp. 105-106, leaf = page + 74 (calibrated on two running heads); Index nominum propriorum at printed p. 240. ⛔ The Latin Appendix is a two-page CAPITULUM (a summary list of 22 prophets), not the full Lives — SENSE-level control only, and a thin one. It catches a mis-keyed name or a meaningless sentence; it never adjudicates pointing and cannot be aligned page-for-page. See research/syriac-peshitta-editions.md
320, 325, 330, 335 in the LEFT (outer) margin — p. 102 is a verso — standing against printed lines 3, 8, 13 and 18. The page carries lines 318-337.
Conventions and flag forms exactly as in c098-1.toml: ⟨?ܟܟܟ⟩ = letters read but doubtful;
⟨?…⟩ = one or more words NOT read, nothing asserted about their letters.
ܡܠܐܟܝ ܢܒܝܐ ܂ ܡܠܐܟܝ ܗܘܐ ܒܬܪ ܦܘܢܝܐ ܐܬܝܠܕ ⟨?ܒܣܘܦܐ⟩ ܂ ܘܟܕ ⟨?ܛܠܝܐ⟩ ܗܘܐ ⟨?…⟩ ܫܦܝܪܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ⟨?…⟩ ܗܘܐ ܟܠܗ ܥܡܐ ܡܒܪܟ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܐܝܟ ܚܣܝܐ ⟨?ܘܡܟܝܟܐ⟩ ܂ ܐܦ ܡܠܐܟܝ ⟨?…⟩ ܂ ⟨?ܘܡܬܩܪܐ⟩ ܗܘܐ ܡܠܐܟܐ ܂ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܓܝܪ ܚܙܬܗ ܗܕܝܪܐ ܂ ܐܠܐ ܘܡܛܠ ܕܐܡܪ ܗܘܐ ܢܒܝܘܬܐ ܒܗ ܒܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܡܬܚܙܝܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܠܐܟܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ⟨?…⟩ ܐܝܟ ܕܗܘܐ ܒܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܕܡܝܬ ܗܘܐ ⟨?…⟩ ܐܝܟ ܕܐܬܟܬܒ ܒܣܦܪ ⟨?…⟩ ܆ ⟨?…⟩ ܕܝܢ ⟨?…⟩ ܂ ܘܟܕ ܗܘ ܛܠܝܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܝܬ ܘܐܬܩܒܪ ܘܐܬܬܣܝܡ ܠܘܬ ܐܒܗ̈ܘܗܝ ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܂ ܢܬܢ ܂ ܢܬܢ ܢܒܝܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܓܒܥܘܢ ܂ ܘܗܘ ܗܘܐ ܕܡܠܦ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܂ ܘܚܙܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ⟨?…⟩ ܂ ܘܟܕ ⟨?…⟩ ܕܢܐܬܐ ⟨?…⟩ ܂ ⟨?…⟩ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܣܛܢܐ ܂ ܡܛܠ ܕܒܐܘܪܚܐ ܐܫܟܚ ܡܝܬܐ ܕܫܠܝܚ ܂ ⟨?…⟩ ܗܘ ܕܝܢ ⟨?…⟩ ܂ ܘܒܬܪ ⟨?…⟩ ܂ ⟨?…⟩ ⟨?…⟩ ܚܛܝܬܐ ܆ ⟨?…⟩ ܟܕ ⟨?…⟩ ܂ ܘܟܕ ⟨?…⟩
NONE. No rule, no small type, no signature; blank paper below line 337. No square brackets on the page.
keyed from the plate, UNVERIFIED: of ~130 word-slots, roughly 71 keyed as confident, 5 keyed and flagged ⟨?word⟩, the rest inside ⟨?…⟩ gaps. No line wholly unread. No Syriac-reading control exists for this piece.
Second-best page of the shard, for the same reason as p. 101: two rubrics, two opening formulas, and a Malachi Life built out of the vocabulary this pass reads well (ܡܠܐܟܐ / ܡܠܐܟܝ / ܗܘܐ / ܐܝܟ / ܒܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ / ܛܠܝܐ). Lines 321, 323, 324, 328, 331, 332 and 335 came out complete. See c098-1.toml [extraction] for the method.
⭐ CONFIRMED, and it is the strongest single hit of the shard: line 331,
ܢܬܢ ܢܒܝܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܓܒܥܘܢ ܂ — 'Nathan the prophet of David was from Gibeon' —
against Schermann IV: 'Nathan ex Gabaon, et mortuus est ac sepultus in Gabaon in diebus
Roboam regis.' Both the name and the place agree, and ܓܒܥܘܢ was read letter by letter from
the plate before the capitulum was opened. A place-name agreement is worth more than a tribe
agreement here, because tribes repeat (three Simeons in a row on pp. 99-100) and place-names
do not.
⭐ ORDER DIVERGENCE, recorded as a finding: in Nestle's Syriac, Nathan comes AFTER Malachi
(line 330, i.e. the twelve first, then the non-writing prophets). In Schermann's Sinai
capitulum, Nathan is IV — near the front, after Moses, Samuel and David — and Malachi is last.
So the two recensions order the same material in opposite blocks. ⛔ The capitulum can register
that and cannot explain it.
⚠ NOT CONFIRMED: the capitulum has no counterpart for anything in Malachi's Life here beyond
'Malachias autem ex eis, qui ascenderant a Babylone, natus est' — which is consistent with
line 319 (ܡܠܐܟܝ ܗܘܐ ܒܬܪ ܦܘܢܝܐ ܐܬܝܠܕ, 'Malachi was born after the return'), and that is a
genuine SENSE agreement, but it is one clause against eleven lines. The angelic-appearance
material (lines 322-325, ܡܠܐܟܐ / ܡܠܐܟܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ) and the Nathan-and-Satan episode (334-337) have
no parallel in the control at all.
UNCERTAIN READINGS: ⟨?ܒܣܘܦܐ⟩ (319) · ⟨?ܛܠܝܐ⟩ (320) · ⟨?ܘܡܟܝܟܐ⟩, ⟨?ܘܡܬܩܪܐ⟩ (322).
⚠ Line 322's first word was read twice at different crops and came out once as ⟨?ܘܡܟܝܟܐ⟩ and
once as ⟨?ܘܡܟܬܒܬܐ⟩; the sense of line 321 (ܐܝܟ ܚܣܝܐ, 'as a holy man') favours the former,
but that is inference from context, not a plate reading, so the word stays flagged.