MISC! NEOUS COMMUNICATIONS WO ANCIENT FRAGMENTS OF AN Ananu¢ PHANSLATION OF THER NEM. TESTAMENY “Among a collection of manuscripts an parchnient aequired Dy the library of the British Museum are the ti octave ‘volumes of whieh faesioiles are reproduced herewith, an as they came in to the Museum together with some Sysian Christian doctinents one nay assim with a Gir amavnt of certainty ast all) came from some Syrian Church or Monastery. Both frigments, the contents of whieh. probably Professor Kratchkofski of Leninged will make known in his intended work on the ancien: translation preserved in tl Musée Asiatique in Leningrad, are also of the highest interest pakvographically. ‘The difficulty is to decide whieb of the two mannseripts is the olen one, ott being in any opinion written before the year 1000 of the Christian era, Contrary to the pinion of ty learned friend Shaikh Kazim Dojaili, 1 believe the document Or. 8512 to be older than Or. 8605 for the Desginning in the Acts 5, v the end. emitting e 82, to 13, v.18, of the Acts, and in the list of the Museum the translation ie stated to be probably that of Theophitos al-Mu‘allin. ‘The faesimile contains the end of the Epistle aes from v. 12 to the end and the by Nh Epistle of Peter to v, 8 inclusive, \ compat other thanslations shows that it differs in the wording, but [vish prineipally to draw attent on to the arebaie handwriting which displays an evident emergence from Kuli seript to Nashki, though the seribe may have been influenced by bis acquaintance with Aramaic wr A metre conga with the facsimile which I have given in my edition of the Kitab al-Ma'thiir of Abul Amuithal, the manuseript of whichhas given the me: 3 clear as these under the letter and in most cases cells halitleis Weshebnls 2 gta) 5S) Py elas a ds Is sodsasa ils amido hs) wdc lolent ges a alles —Spubkansgdavy Josssie slants olla gs pS 9 tel ng a2aill as \ goal pans) Sosa Swe Nagios gl jhe 5 ola abt ol og ahs en ly Vem 9 Vani ae, i pahate goal gle goa pees abl 9 seid bat, a Tate soak wpe ent aul Ah sha) fouls es x9 et! aS all aa ad Vat os Na tse 3 Salli wan Seals states cal Or. 8605, f, 40°dese a 3 cua ee te Qluil 9843 pa LO ak Sauls GV & ede a jal Lull csyaelb de Les | i \s\ dips oh sei gn rae en pats eae isle ey dys Nga Ses 2. ses 7, Wey eae ee pas YS 9 yl piso Li ala sacl gid. ensa9 duly sis. achacills xem ps3) wad lat) Mpa sania gaact eet Soct as a gealV stil a ead oat Saal Vest on \ets ol fl listo oan Lal gi Fe ads dil). Kisdlya goxh \eatlg: Saaikers., avs ya 8 Nah ills ath a at Boys aS aN leh 2 Warten eres 2° V5) ink pie ees eae Veal S5 fa ale ett aso \ Som || & eo amall eae walks Or, 8605, f. 41°.