The Book of Splendours

XVII

27. — No. 133, completed in 1819 of our era.
At the Library of the Chaldean Patriarchate of Mosul¹:
28. — Cod. 104, written in Alqōš in 2015 (1703).
29. — Cod. 105, completed in Alqōš in 2021 (1710).
At the Library of the Chaldean Bishopric of Mardin²:
30. — Cod. 66 ›Introduction to the Book of Splendours‹.
At the Archbishop's Palace of the Uniate Syrians of Damascus³:
31. — Cod. 105, written in the year 1863 of the Greeks, 1552/53 of our era, the text followed by a translation in carchouni Syriac written in Arabic script (cf. no. 5 above).
At the Library of the Convent of Saint Mark in Jerusalem⁴:
32. — Cod. 25*, dated the 1st of Nīsān April 1788 (April 1, 1479).

Restitution of the text.

From the manuscripts preserved in Europe, I have fully collated those indicated under nos. 1, 6, 8, 16 (FTℒS); furthermore, I have collated those indicated under nos. 17, 18, 19, and 20 (BS𝒜ΣG) completely for Book IV, but for the other parts of the work only at selected locations, notably at the many places where the different recensions present characteristic readings. In his edition, Martin provides the text of the manuscript which bears the no. 21 in our list and adds numerous variants from mss. nos. 2 and 9 (DL) and furthermore a certain number of variants from mss. nos. 3 and 14 (VH); on the other hand, despite his Preface, p. 18, he gives no variant from ms. 15 (O). Concerning some extracts of V which have been published, see B. d. Str., p. XXIII. I subsequently had the opportunity to study ms. D quite carefully, without, however, having had the time to make a complete collation of it.

1. ADDAÏ SCHER, Notice sur les mss. syriaques conservés dans la Bibliothèque du Patriarcat chaldéen de Mossoul, Paris, 1907.
2. ADDAÏ SCHER, Notice sur les manuscrits syriaques et arabes conservés dans la Bibliothèque de l'évêché chaldéen de Mardin, Paris 1908.
3. BAUMSTARK, Syrische und syro-arabische Handschriften in Damaskus in Oriens christianus, vol. 5, Rome, 1905, p. 330, no. 61.
4. Oriens christianus, N. S. vol. 3, p. 128.