Philip Schaff: ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristid

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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-Tayyib³⁸⁷²³⁸⁷² See note 1 to Introductory Note in Borg. ms. (above, p. 42). (may God grant him favour), from Syriac into Arabic, from an exemplar written by ‘Isa³⁸⁷³³⁸⁷³ ms., by misplacing the diacritical signs, has Ghobasi. ibn-‘Ali al-Motatabbib,³⁸⁷⁴³⁸⁷⁴ The ms. has Mottayyib; but Ciasca, in an additional note inserted after the volume was printed, gives the correct form. pupil of Honain ibn-Ishak (God have mercy on them both). Amen.

2. In Vatican ms.³⁸⁷⁵³⁸⁷⁵ 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.

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.

³⁸⁷² See note 1 to Introductory Note in Borg. ms. (above, p. 42).

³⁸⁷³ ms., by misplacing the diacritical signs, has Ghobasi.

³⁸⁷⁴ The ms. has Mottayyib; but Ciasca, in an additional note inserted after the volume was printed, gives the correct form.

³⁸⁷⁵ 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.

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