The Book of Splendours

Introduction. XVI

Nestorian, dated the 29th of Ījār May 1994 of the Greeks, May 29, 1683 of our era. This manuscript is an (indirect) copy of $\mathfrak{L}$ (see no. 8 above); for more details see B. d. Str., p. XLI et seq.

19. — Ms. Sachau 173 of the same library ($\mathfrak{G}$)¹, Nestorian ms., dated August 1882 of our era.

20. — Ms. Syr. 5., Universitätsbibliothek of Göttingen (G)², dated the 21st of Ādhār March of the year 1792 of the Greeks, March 21, 1481 of our era.

21. — Ms. no. 259, 1st of the Catalogue de la Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris (P)³, written in 1664. This is the ms. that serves as the basis for MARTIN's edition.

22. — Ms. no. 312 of the catalogue of the same library, dated April 15, 1889⁴.

In the East, there must also be a certain number of manuscripts of this work. Based on published catalogues or notices, I have noted the following mss.:

23. A ms. belonging to the Library of the Jacobite Church of Edessa⁵.

At The Library of the Museum Association of Oroomiah College⁶:

24. — No. 72, dated the 27th of Ḥazīrān June 1993 (June 27, 1682).

25. — No. 100, dated the 22nd of Tammūz July 2130 (July 22, 1819).

26. — No. 106, written in 2168 of the Greeks (1856/7 of our era).

At the Library of the Convent of the Chaldeans of Notre-Dame-des-Semences⁷:

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1. E. SACHAU, Verzeichnis, p. 346.
2. Verzeichnis der Handschriften im preußischen Staate I 3 (Göttingen 3), Berlin 1894, p. 466.
3. Catalogues des manuscrits syriaques et sabéens (mandaites) de la Bibliothèque Nationale (by M. ZOTENBERG), Paris 1874, p. 206.
4. J. B. CHABOT, Notices sur les manuscrits syriaques de la Bibliothèque Nationale acquis depuis 1874, in the Journal asiatique, IX, 8, p. 260.
5. E. SACHAU, Über syrische Handschriften-Sammlungen im Orient [Mitteilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen zu Berlin, Jahrg. III, Abth. II., Westasiatische Studien], Berlin, 1900, p. 45, no. 40.
6. Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the Library of the Museum Association of Oroomiah College, Oroomiah, 1898.
7. ADDAÏ SCHER, Notice sur les mss. syriaques conservés dans la Bibliothèque du couvent des Chaldéens de Notre-Dame-des-Semences in the Journal asiatique, X, 7, p. 475—512 and 8, p. 55—82.