{"slug":"dsc-389","id":"syriac:dsc:dsc-389","title":"Travels of Peter","author":"Anonymous","genre":"other","date":"Uncertain","tradition":"syriac","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation was located by an automated check of the source corpus and one library catalogue. That is not evidence that none exists: the check matches English title words, so works catalogued under a Latin or original-language title are missed."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T00:59:22Z","cost_usd":0.001756},"source":{"registry_id":"syriac:dsc:dsc-389","work_id":"dsc-389","edition":"syriac","language":"","license":"CC BY 4.0","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/389"},"stats":{"passages":2,"english_words":580,"coptic_letters":0,"commentary_units":11,"commentary_kinds":7,"derived_notes":1,"ambiguities":3,"work_notes":5,"external_links":1,"timeline":5},"summary":{"work":"dsc-389","abstract":"The Travels of Peter is a first-person travel narrative attributed to the apostle Peter, surviving only in a single Syriac manuscript (DSC 389). The work blends apocryphal acts with geographical and theological description, and its genre is ambiguous, combining elements of apocalypse and hagiography. The text recounts Peter's journeys, encounters with suffering, demonic opposition, miracles, and conversions, often concluding with a demonic confession. The Syriac text shows signs of scribal intervention, such as possible duplication of terms for 'serpent.' The work is not cited in Syriac liturgical or canonical lists, and its reception appears limited to the manuscript tradition, with no known influence on later apocryphal or hagiographical literature.","historical_context":"The Travels of Peter survives in a single late Syriac manuscript (DSC 389), with no known parallel in other Christian traditions. Its composition date is uncertain; internal and external evidence do not securely place it before the 6th century. The work likely originated in a Syriac-speaking Christian community, possibly in the region of Mesopotamia or Syria, where apocryphal apostolic acts were popular. The text's blend of travel narrative, miracle stories, and theological reflection suggests a monastic or liturgical setting, where such works were used for edification. The absence of early citations and its limited manuscript transmission indicate that the work never achieved wide circulation or canonical status. The single manuscript basis limits the ability to assess textual stability or scribal intervention, and no critical edition with a full apparatus exists.","significance":"The Travels of Peter is significant as a rare example of a Syriac apostolic travel narrative that combines apocryphal acts with geographical and theological description. Its survival in a single manuscript highlights the fragility of such texts and the importance of manuscript studies. The work's ambiguous genre and lack of influence on later literature make it a valuable witness to the diversity of early Christian apocryphal traditions in Syriac Christianity.","timeline":[{"date":"6th c. or later","event":"Probable composition of the Travels of Peter, based on internal and external evidence."},{"date":"Late manuscript","event":"Copying of the sole surviving Syriac manuscript (DSC 389)."},{"date":"Uncertain","event":"Possible earlier oral or written traditions underlying the work."},{"date":"No early citations","event":"The work is not cited in Syriac liturgical or canonical lists."},{"date":"Limited reception","event":"The work's reception appears limited to the manuscript tradition."}],"relations":[{"work":"Acts of Peter","relation":"Shares the apostolic travel and miracle narrative genre, but the Travels of Peter is a first-person account and survives only in Syriac.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Apocalypse of Peter","relation":"Both works involve Peter in visionary or travel contexts, but the Travels of Peter is more focused on geographical and theological description.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Syriac Alexander Romance","relation":"Similar blend of travel narrative and marvels, though the Travels of Peter is Christian and apostolic.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Syriac Life of Simeon Stylites","relation":"Both works use hagiographical and miracle motifs, but the Travels of Peter is attributed to an apostle.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"ed:dsc-389","label":"DSC 389 manuscript","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/389","reason":"The sole surviving manuscript of the Travels of Peter."}],"cautions":["The date of composition is uncertain; the manuscript is late, but the content may reflect earlier traditions.","No internal or external evidence securely places the composition before the 6th century.","The single manuscript basis limits the ability to assess textual stability or scribal intervention.","The work is not cited in Syriac liturgical or canonical lists, and its reception appears limited."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000408,"generated":"2026-11-15T00:17:53Z"},"checks":{"work":"dsc-389","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":2,"translated":2,"commentary_passages":2,"commentary_units":11,"english_words":580,"source_letters":1551,"commentary_kinds":7},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work is a first-person travel narrative attributed to Peter, blending apocryphal acts with geographical and theological description. Its genre is ambiguous, combining elements of apocalypse and hagiography.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac text survives in a single manuscript (DSC 389), with no known parallel in other Christian traditions. Its transmission history is obscure, and no early citations have been identified.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-389","label":"source edition: Travels of Peter","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/389"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"Dating is uncertain; the manuscript is late, but the content may reflect earlier traditions. No internal or external evidence securely places the composition before the 6th century.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work is not cited in Syriac liturgical or canonical lists. Its reception appears limited to the manuscript tradition, with no known influence on later apocryphal or hagiographical literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The edition does not provide a critical apparatus or collation of variant readings. The single manuscript basis limits the ability to assess textual stability or scribal intervention.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-389","label":"source edition: Travels of Peter","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/389"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation was located by an automated check of the source corpus and one library catalogue. That is not evidence that none exists: the check matches English title words, so works catalogued under a Latin or original-language title are missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in classical Syriac; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 2 narrative."},{"kind":"caution","severity":"caution","text":"1 passage(s) are fragmentary in the source; the English bridges each break and says so in the note."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: syriac — CC BY 4.0"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":2},"term_index":[],"citations":{"dossier:greek-catena-petri-i":{"label":"gap dossier: Catena on the First Epistle of Peter (the so-called 'Catena of Andrew')","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-catena-petri-i"},"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-absilitis-qanona":{"label":"gap dossier: Apostolic Canon on Repentance: the Penitential Canons of our Lord to St Peter","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-absilitis-qanona"},"ed:dsc-389":{"label":"source edition: Travels of Peter","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/389"},"dossier:coptic-anonymous-dormition-virgin-peter-john":{"label":"gap dossier: Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin by Peter and John","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-anonymous-dormition-virgin-peter-john"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":".ܒܫܡ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܚܝܕ ܟܠ\nܒܗܘܿ ܙܒܢܐ ܥܼܠ ܗܘܐ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ ܠܚܕܐ ܡܢ ܡܕܝܢ̈ܬܐ. ܘܐܫܟܚ ܒܓܘܗܿ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܚܕܐ ܕܩܿܝܡܐ ܗܘܬ ܒܚܫܐ ܣܿܓܝܐܐ. ܘܢܫ̈ܐ ܚܕܝܪܝܢ ܠܗܿ ܡܛܠ ܕܗܘܼܬ ܒܚܒܠܐ ܕܝܵܠܕܬܐ. ܘܚܼܙܐ ܠܗ ܠܫܐܕܐ ܕܩܿܐܡ ܘܡܣܲܟܸܐ ܕܢܬܝܼܠܕ ܛܠܝܐ ܕܢܩܼܛܠܝܘܗܝ. ܘܐܡܼܪ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ ܠܫܐܕܐ ܠܝܛܐ ܡܢܐ ܥܿܒܕ ܐܢܬ ܘܡܣܲܟܐ ܐܢܬ ܕܢܬܝܼܠܕ ܛܠܝܐ ܕܬܩܼܛܠܝܘܗܝ. ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܟܐܦܐ ܡܠܦ ܗܘܐ ܘܡܲܟܪܙ ܗܘܐ ܪܘܫܡܐ ܕܡܲܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܘܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܫܪܪܐ. ܘܩܪܼܒ ܨܝܕ ܢ̈ܫܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܝܢ. ܐܢ ܚܿܝܐ ܛܲܠܝܐ ܗܢܐ ܗܘܐ ܒܝܬܐ ܗܢܐ ܟܪܝܣܛܝܢܐ. ܘܟܕ ܫܡܥܬܼ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܗܝܿ ܕܡܚܒܠܐ ܗܘܬ. ܥܢܼܬܿ ܘܐܡܼܪܬܿ ܠܫܡܥܘܢ ܠܘ ܒܠܚܘܕ ܒܝܬܐ ܗܢܐ ܢܗܘܼܐ ܟܪ̈ܝܣܛܝܢܐ. ܐܠܐ ܟܠܗܿ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܐܢ ܚܿܝܐ ܛܠܝܐ ܗܢܐ ܩܪܒܝܢܢ ܠܘܬ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܫܪܪܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܡܲܟܪܙ ܐܢܬ. ܘܡܲܘܕܝܢܢ ܟܐܠܗܟ. ܘܒܪ ܫܥܬܗ ܨܲܠܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ ܘܚܿܝܐ ܛܲܠܝܐ ܗܘܿ ܕܡܝܼܬ ܗܘܐ. ܘܩ̈ܥܝܢ ܗܘ̈ܝ ܢܫ̈ܐ ܗ̈ܢܝܢ ܕܬܡܢ ܟܢܝܫܢ ܗܘܝ ܘܐܡܿܪ̈ܢ ܡܲܘܕܝܢܢ ܒܐܠܗܟ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܦܢܝܼܢܢ ܡܢ ܐܝܼܕ̈ܝ ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ ܣܿܢܐ ܒܢ̈ܝܢܫܐ. ܘܠܘܬ ܝܼܕܥܿܬܐ ܕܫܪܪܐ ܒܡܨܥܝܘܬܐ ܕܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ. ܗܝܕܝܢ ܩܪܒ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܠܘܬ ܫܐܕܐ ܗܘܿ ܠܝܛܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܕܥܕܡܐ ܠܐܡܬܝ ܦܪܣܝܬܘܢ ܚܫܘܟܘܬܟܘܢ ܥܠ ܛܠܝ̈ܐ ܘܛܠܝ̈ܬܐ ܕܬܘܒܪܘܢ ܐܢܘܢ. ܥܢܼܐ ܗܘܐ ܘܐܡܼܪ ܠܗ ܠܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܡܢ ܗܘܿ ܝܘܡܐ ܕܨܝܪ ܛܲܠܝܐ ܒܟܪܣܐ ܕܐܡܗ ܠܡܘܬܝ ܫܒܥ ܫܢ̈ܝܢ ܘܡܐܐ ܘܐܪܒܥܝܢ ܝܘܡܝܢ ܠܡܕܟܝܘܬܗܘܢ ܕܛܠܝ̈ܐ ܡܿܚܝܢܢ ܒܚ̈ܘܛܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ ܘܐܘܟ̈ܡܐ ܘܣܘ̈ܡܩܐ ܘܓ̈ܘܢܐ ܣܓ̈ܝܐܐ ܘܦܘܪ̈ܣܐ ܘܨܢܥ̈ܬܐ ܥܿܒܕܝܢܢ ܘܐܬܝܼܢܢ ܒܕܡܘܼܬܐ ܕܓܒܪܐ ܘܡܫܬܘܬܦܝܢܢ ܥܡܗܿ ܕܐܢܬܬܐ ܘܩܿܛܠܝܢܢ ܠܥܘܠܐ ܒܓܘ ܟܪܣܗܿ.","english":"In the name of the Lord who holds all.\n\nAt that time, Simon Peter was going to one of the cities. And he found within it a woman who was suffering in great pain. And the women were gathered around her because she was in the throes of childbirth. And he saw the demon standing and waiting for the child to be born so that he might kill it. And Simon Peter said to the accursed demon, \"What are you doing, and why are you waiting for the child to be born so that you may kill it?\" Now Simon Peter was teaching and proclaiming the sign of holy baptism and the faith of truth. And he approached the women and said to them, \"If this child lives, let this house become Christian.\" And when that woman who was afflicted heard this, she cried out and said to Simon Peter, \"Not only this house, but the whole city, if this child lives, will draw near to the faith of truth which you proclaim, and will confess all of you.\" And immediately Simon Peter prayed, and the child who had died lived. And the women who were there cried out, being amazed, and said, \"We confess your God, Simon Peter, who has delivered us from the hands of the enemy, a great adversary in evil deeds, and to the knowledge of truth through the mediation of Simon Peter.\" Then Simon Peter approached that accursed demon and said, \"Until when will you spread your darkness over boys and girls to destroy them?\" He cried out and said to Simon Peter, \"From the day the child is formed in its mother's womb until its death, seven hours and one hundred and forty days, for the purification of children, we strike them with white, black, and red threads, and with many colors and spreads and cries, and we come in the form of a man and have intercourse with the woman and kill the fetus within her womb.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܡܲܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term maʿmōdīṯā (baptism) is used here with the qualifier 'holy' and linked to 'the faith of truth,' reflecting a standard Syriac Christian pairing of baptism with orthodox confession.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The demon's description of harming fetuses with colored threads and intercourse echoes late antique magical and medical beliefs about prenatal dangers, paralleled in some Syriac and Greek amulets.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:greek-catena-petri-i","label":"gap dossier: Catena on the First Epistle of Peter (the so-called 'Catena of Andrew')","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-catena-petri-i"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a narrative pattern: arrival, encounter with suffering, demonic opposition, miracle, conversion, and demonic confession. This structure is typical of apostolic miracle stories in Syriac and Coptic traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The motif of Peter confronting a demon at childbirth appears in other apocryphal acts, e.g., the Coptic 'Acts of Peter' and the Ethiopic 'Qanona,' though the specific demonic confession of prenatal harm is distinctive.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-absilitis-qanona","label":"gap dossier: Apostolic Canon on Repentance: the Penitential Canons of our Lord to St Peter","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-absilitis-qanona"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This text is preserved in a single Syriac manuscript (DSC 389) and has received little scholarly attention; its demonological details are cited in studies of Syriac magic and medicine.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-389","label":"source edition: Travels of Peter","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/389"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'seven hours and one hundred and forty days' is ambiguous: it may refer to a total period of gestation or a ritual calendar; the reading taken is a literal temporal span.","The identity of the 'enemy' (ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ) is ambiguous: it could be Satan or a specific demon; the context suggests a generic adversarial demon."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"ܘܐܢ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܼܚܢܢ ܐܬܝܼܢܢ ܒܕܡܘܼܬܐ ܕܐܡܗܿ ܩܕܫܒ̈ܒܬܗܿ ܐܘ ܕܪܚܡܬܗܿ ܘܥܿܐܠܝܢܢ ܠܒܝܬܐ ܘܩܿܪܒܝܢܢ ܠܘܬܗܿ ܘܩܿܛܠܝܢܢ ܠܥܘܼܠܐ ܒܓܘ ܟܪܣܐ. ܘܐܢ ]ܠܐ[ ܡܫܟܚܼܝܢܢ ܒܗܕܐ ܕܡܘܼܬܐ ܐܬܝܼܢܢ ܒܕܡܘܬܐ ܕܐܪܝܐ ܐܘܿ ܕܢܡܪܐ ܐܘܿ ܕܟܠܒܐ ܐܘ ܕܕܐܸܒܐ ܐܘ ܕܟܘܟܝܬܐ ܐܘܿ ܕܥܩܪܒܐ ܐܘ ܕܚܘܝܐ ܘܩܿܪܒܝܢܢ ܠܠܒܘܼܫܗܿ ܘܥܿܒܕܝܢܢ ܠܗܿ ܕܠܐ ܬܐܠܕ. ܘܠܐ ܡܫܟܼܚܝܢܢ ܒܗܕܐ ܕܡܘܼܬܐ. ܐܬܝܢܢ ܒܕܡܘܬܐ ܕܡܢܬܐ ܕܣܥܪܐ ܕܗܘܿܐ ܒܡ̈ܝܐ ܘܟܕ ܫܿܬܝܐ ܘܠܐ ܪܫܡܐ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܐܬܿܐ ܕܨܠܝܒܐ ܥܿܠܝܢܢ ܠܟܪܣܗܿ ܘܩܿܛܠܝܢܢ ܠܥܘܿܠܐ ܒܓܘ ܟܪܣܗܿ. ܘܥܢܼܐ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܘܐܡܼܪ ܠܗ ܕܠܐ ܫܠܝܛ ܠܚܫܘܟܘܬܟܘܢ ܠܡܬܩܲܪܒܘ ܠܘܬ ܥܒ̈ܕܘܗܝ ܕܐܠܗܐ. ܕܒܐܠܗܐ ܐܚܕܘ ܘܡܬܓܘܣܝܢ ܒܐܒܐ ܘܒܒܪܐ ܘܒܪܘܚܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ. ܐܠܐ ܐܪܚܩ ܠܟܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܕܪܚܝܩܐ ܡܲܕܢܚܐ ܡܢ ܡܲܥܪܒܐ ܘܓܪܒܝܐ ܡܢ ܬܝܡܢܐ ܒܣܘܒܪܗܿ ܕܡܪܝܡ ܒܝܠܕܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܒܩܘܕܫܗܿ ܕܥܕܬ ܩܘܕܫܐ ܕܠܐ ܫܠܝܛ ܠܟܘܢ ܫ̈ܐܕܐ ܠܝܛ̈ܐ ܘܡܲܚܪ̈ܡܐ ܕܬܬܩܲܪܒܘܢ ܠܘܬ ܥܒ̈ܕܘܗܝ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܠܘܬ ܝܠܕ̈ܝܗܘܢ. ܒܐܡܝܢ ܕܥܠܝ̈ܐ ܘܒܐܡܝܢ ܕܬܚ̈ܬܝܐ ܘܒܐܡܝܢܘܬܐ ܐܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ܀","english":"And if they are not able to come in the form of her mother, her neighbors, or her beloved, they enter the house and approach her and kill the fetus within the womb. And if they are not able in this form, they come in the form of a lion, or a leopard, or a dog, or a bear, or a serpent, or a scorpion, or a snake, and approach her clothing and cause her not to give birth. And if they are not able in this form, they come in the form of a leech that is in the water, and when she drinks, without the sign of the cross upon them, they enter her womb and kill the fetus within her womb. Then Simon cried out and said to him: It is not permitted for your darkness to approach the servants of God, for they are held by God and are exercised in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. But depart from you as the east is distant from the west, and the north from the south, by the hope of Mary in the birth of the Lord, by the sanctity of the Holy Church, for it is not permitted for you, accursed and excommunicated demons, to approach the servants of the Lord Jesus Christ and their children. By the amen of the heights and the amen of the depths and by the truth of the sign and amen, amen, and amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܟܘܟܝܬܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term kawkīṯā (ܟܘܟܝܬܐ) is ambiguous, meaning either 'scorpion' or 'serpent'; the English draft renders it as 'serpent' but the following term ḥewyā (ܚܘܝܐ) also means 'snake', suggesting a scribal duplication or a distinction between venomous types.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܡܢܬܐ ܕܣܥܪܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase māṯā d-saʿrā (ܡܢܬܐ ܕܣܥܪܐ) literally means 'leech of hair' but is interpreted as 'leech that is in the water'; the Syriac likely refers to a water-leech, a folkloric agent of miscarriage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܐܒܐ ܘܒܒܪܐ ܘܒܪܘܚܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ","severity":"info","text":"The trinitarian formula 'Father, Son, and Holy Spirit' echoes Matthew 28:19 and the baptismal formula, here used as an exorcistic invocation to protect the servants of God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܣܘܒܪܗܿ ܕܡܪܝܡ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'by the hope of Mary in the birth of the Lord' reflects a late antique Syriac tradition that Mary’s virginity at the birth of Christ serves as a protective paradigm against demonic harm, paralleling apocryphal narratives of Mary’s delivery.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-anonymous-dormition-virgin-peter-john","label":"gap dossier: Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin by Peter and John","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-anonymous-dormition-virgin-peter-john"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a tripartite exorcistic pattern: (1) demonic attempts to kill the fetus in three forms (human, animal, leech), (2) Peter’s rebuke, and (3) a concluding trinitarian and Marian anathema, typical of Syriac apocryphal acts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܘܐܢ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܼܚܢܢ","severity":"caution","text":"The Syriac text contains repeated scribal errors (e.g., ܘܐܢ for ܘܐܢ, ܡܫܟܼܚܢܢ for ܡܫܟܚܝܢܢ) and uncertain word divisions; the English draft smooths these, but the original may have lacunae or ditrography.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the demonic forms (lion, leopard, etc.) may be a scribal expansion; the leech form is unique to this tradition. The phrase 'by the truth of the sign' (ܒܐܡܝܢܘܬܐ ܐܝܢ) is obscure, possibly a corruption of 'by the truth of the cross'."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]}]}