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On Adam: Text and Manuscripts

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Adam in agro damasceno formatus et in paradysum unde quatuor flumina oriuntur translatus, cum , femine de costa dormientis facte nomine sicut et ceteris rebus imposito , de christo et ecclesia prophetasset et eidem de comedendo pomo pomo comedendo acquieuisset , pro disconuenientia nuditatis factis perizomatibus, a domino de paradyso collocatis cherubym et flammeo gladio post increpationem abiectus, de terra maledicta in sudore uultus panem acquirit .
Adam was formed in the field of Damascus and transported to paradise, where four rivers spring up. The woman was made from his rib while he slept. He named her and other things, and prophesied about Christ and the church. And having agreed with her to eat the fruit, because of the inappropriateness of their nakedness, he made aprons. After being rebuked by the Lord, he was expelled from paradise, and an angel with a flaming sword was deployed. From the cursed earth, by the sweat of his brow, he obtained his bread.

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Image excerpts from the manuscripts (as grouped by main graph versions) are the result of tool-based image annotation (via Cadmus) or manual extraction. For each manuscript version only these visually annotated manuscripts are listed here. For the grouping of all manuscripts we provide a separate list (Manuscript groups). Transcriptions are semi-diplomatic following project specific rules.

Version

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Adam in agro damasceno formatus. et in para
dysum unde .iiiior. flumina oriuntur translatus
cum femine de costa dormientis facte no
mine sicut et ceteris rebus imposita de christo et ecclesia
prophetasset. et eidem de comedendo pomo acquie
uisset. pro disconuenientia nuditatis factis perizom
atibus a domino de paradyso collocatis cherubym et flam
meo gladio post increpationem abiectus. de terra maledicta
in sudore uultus panem acquirit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Adam in agro damasceno formatus. et in paradysum unde iiiior. flumina oriuntur
translatus. cum femine de costa dormientis facte nomine sicut et ceteris rebus inposito
de christo et ecclesia prophetasset. et eidem de pomo comedendo acquieuisset. pro disconuenien
tia nudidatis. factis peryzomatibus a domino de paradyso collocatis cherubin et flam
meo gladio post increpationem abiectus. de terra maledicta in sudore uultus panem
acquirit.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Adam in agro damasceno formatus. et in paradi
sum unde iiiior. flumina oriuntur translatus. dum
femine de costa dormientis facte nomine sicut et ceteris
rebus imposito. de christo et ecclesia prophetasset. et eidem de
comedendo pomo aquieuisset. pro inconuenientia nu
ditatis factis perizomatibus a domino de paradiso colloca
tis cherubin et flammeo gladio post increpationem
abiectus. de terra maledicta in sudore uultus panem
acquirit.

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.5 (C)

Manuscript group GB6

Adam in agro damasceno formatus. et in paradisum unde .iiiior. flumi
mina oriuntur translatus. cum femine de costa dormientis facte
nomine sicut et ceteris rebus imposita de christo et ecclesia prophetasset. pro disconueni
entia nuditatis factis perizomatibus a domino de paradiso collocatis cheru
bin et flameo gladio post increpationem abiectus. de terra maledicta in
sudore uultus sui panem adquirit.


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Citation recommendation

On Adam: Text and Manuscripts. In: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae: a research platform and edition, ed. by Andrea Worm, et al., Graz: 2026. https://gams.uni-graz.at/query:chigc.thirdlayer?params=$1|t-adam.

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