;;74 Clarence Russell Williams 



Sinaitic Syr lac. 



Tlie Four Gospels in Syriac Transcribed from the Sinaitic Palimpsest. 

 By the late Robert L. Bensley, J. Rendel Harris, and F. Craw- 

 ford Burkitt with an introduction by Agnes Smith Lewis ; 

 Cambridge, 1894. 



Some Pages of the Four Gospels Re-transcribed from the Sinaitic 

 Palimpsest. By Agnes Smith Lewis ; London, 1896. 



The Old Syriac Gospels or Evangelion da-Mepharreshe, Edited by 

 Agnes Smith Lewis ; London, 1910. 



Evangelion da-Mepharreshe. The Curetonian Version of the Four 

 Gospels, with the readings of the Sinai Palimpsest and the 

 early Syriac Patristic evidence. F. Crawford Burkitt ; Cam- 

 bridge, 1904. 



The Armenian Version 



Synopsis. 



Testimony The ending is scarcely found in the early MSS before the 

 thirteenth century and is wanting in half the later MSS. 



Text .... Probably from the Old Syriac, later revised by Greek 

 MSS from Constantinople. The text is similar to 8B. 



Place .... Armenia. 



Date .... Latter part, or possibly early part of fourth century. 



"0/ the Presbyter Arision." 



Testimony The earliest known Armenian MS to contain the longer 

 ending, the Edschmiadzin Codex, has inserted before v. Off 

 "Of the Presbyter Ariston." 



Text .... Probably the exemplar was an Armenian text of the early 

 half of the sixth century from Edessa. 



Place .... The monastery of Noravank (= New Monastery). 



Date .... 989 A.D. 



Inferences 1. We have no evidence that this rubric "Of the Pres 

 byter Ariston " contains an early tradition, since it cannot 

 be traced back of the MS in which it is found. 



2. We have no proof that it is a trustworthy tradition, 

 "> since it has not yet been found outside this MS. 



3. We do not kno7e> with whom the "Ariston" of the 

 rubric is to be identified. 



