FOREWORD.

prayer and of the holy sacrifice of the Mass offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased (689—690).

We express here all our gratitude to the director of the Royal Library of Berlin, as well as to that of the library of Strasbourg, and to the Rev. Mr. Lausberg, president of the grand seminary of Cologne.

B. means Berlin manuscript;
M. that of Mosul;
O. the publication of Overbeck.

COLOGNE-NIPPES, September 27, 1901.

PAUL BEDJAN P. d. l. m. Priest of the Mission,

Consultant of the S. Cong. of the Propaganda.

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