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On Alcimus: Text and Manuscripts

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Alchimus , a demetrio pontifex factus, jude semper infestus, dum muros domus sancte et opera prophetarum destrueret, paralysi percussus, decessit.
Alcimus, made high priest by Demetius, was always hostile to Judah. While he was destroying the walls of the holy house and the works of the prophets, he was struck with paralysis and died.

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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)

Alchimus a demetrio pontifex factus
iude semper infestus. dum
muros domus sancte et opera pro
phetarum destrueret. para
lysi percussus decessit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Alchimus a demetrio pontifex factus iude semper in
festus dum muros domus sancte et opera prophetarum des
trueret paralisi percussus decessit.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Alchimus a demetrio pontifex factus
iude semper infestus. dum muros domus sancte
et opera prophetarum destrueret. paralisi percussus de
cessit.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Alchimus a demetrio pontifex factus iude semper infestus. dum mu
ros domus sancte et opera prophetarum destrueret! paralisi percussus decessit.


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Citation recommendation

On Alcimus: 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-alchimus.

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