The Demonstrations of Aphrahat

Handwritten Syriac in multiple hands (Estrangelo and Serto), reproduced as facsimiles.

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A facsimile of a specimen of Syriac Estrangelo script from British Museum Add. 14,619. Five lines of clear, block-like script are shown.

Of the Savior of the world, whom the
Christians bore. And perform
through your mercy, that He may spare his
Lord's beloved ones. And help us
through your prayers. Amen.

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A facsimile of a specimen of Syriac Estrangelo script from British Museum Add. 17,182. Five lines of liturgical or biblical text are shown.

That we may hear from you the voice
sweet of the right hand that says
Come, blessed of my Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundations of the world.

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A facsimile of a specimen of Syriac Estrangelo script from British Museum Add. 17,182. The excerpt includes a horizontal text divider.

That their prayers may be
for us a wall and a fortress?

Confess in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, Ḥannanishoʿ.

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A facsimile of a specimen of Syriac Serto (cursive) script from British Museum Orient. 1017. The text features Greek-style vowel markers and marginal notations.

The response is finished

God, in his grace, established?
the Virgin Mary, Mother of God
and all his saints, who wrote
this book of the pusqā interpretation/analysis of the word
of Diodorus of Tarsus