Baumstark on the Main Points MSS

Anton Baumstark (1922), 210-11:

Johannan bar Penkaye, named for his home village of Penek in Bet Zabdai, lived as a monk in the monastery of a Johannan Kamulaya and as a hermit near that of a Mar Bassima, supposedly to finish up in one of Bet Dalyata. From his prose writings leads the unique work Book of the Main Points of the History of the Temporal World: between world history and theologically-oriented philosophy of history, in 15 chapters down to the [A.D.] year 686.

The Note 14 lists, after 'Aî in its second section - the authors'-catalogue by 'Abdisho b Berika vg. p. 325 Ak. 2, aka Ebedjesu - the MSS:

• Mosul 26 (1874/5).
• N-Dsém 25 (1882).
• Urmia 218 (1889, from 1261/2 Vorlage).
• 140 (1890).
• The University Library in Strassburg (1897), sold by the compiler in 1917.
• One mentioned by G Diettrich, NGWG 1909, 161 (from same Vorlage as Urm 218).

Then publications:

• A Baumstark, RQs 15, 273-80.
• Collection of the second part (chs 10-15): A Mingana, Sources syriaques 1, 1*-171*, a section of the first: Ketabona de-Partute (Urmia: 1898), 295-302, part of 15.
• Bs. Gismondi² 148-58. Übs of 15.
• Bs: Mingana a.a. O. 172*-97*.

I'll get to the rest, later on. If you're looking to edit this text for yourself, you are better off with Yulia Furman's list of sources at least onetwo of which are now online.