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FOREWORD

TO THE SECOND EDITION.

When we published the history of Mar Jab-alaha for the first time, we had only a very incorrect copy at hand. Having learned this year that a new copy had recently been brought to the British Museum and that two others existed in Urmia, in Persia, we immediately wrote to have our edition collated with these different manuscripts. Thus, we were able to correct many mistakes, fill in some gaps, and make our text accurate and clear. We were even able to locate the manuscript upon which our first copy had been made in 1887.

We designate our first copy, sent by M. Salomon, by the letter S (Salomon).

The one upon which ours was copied is designated by the letter P (Première).

The copy from the American missionaries of Urmi-