Subscriptions.
I. In Borgian
ms.
Here
endeth the Gospel which Tatianus compiled
and named
Diatessaron
, i.e., The Fourfold, a compilation from
the four Gospels of the holy Apostles, the excellent Evangelists (peace
be upon them). It was translated by the excellent and learned
priest, Abu’l Faraj ‘Abdulla ibn-at-Tayyib
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(may God grant him favour), from
Syriac into Arabic, from an exemplar written by
‘Isa
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ibn-‘Ali
al-Motatabbib,
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pupil of Honain
ibn-Ishak (God have mercy on them both). Amen.
2. In Vatican
ms.
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Here
endeth, by the help of God, the holy Gospel
that Titianus compiled from the four Gospels, which is known as
Diatessaron
. And praise be to God, as he is entitled to it
and lord of it! And to him be the glory for ever.
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See note 1 to
Introductory Note in Borg.
ms.
(above, p.
42).
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ms.
, by misplacing the diacritical signs, has
Ghobasi.
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The
ms.
has
Mottayyib
; but Ciasca, in an additional note
inserted after the volume was printed, gives the correct
form.
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The Arabic text of
this Subscription is given by Ciasca in his essay,
De Tatiani
Diatessaron arabica Versione
, in I. B. Pitra’s
Analecta
Sacra
, tom. iv., p. 466.