On Alexander the Great: Text and Manuscripts

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Alexander , translato ad se regno persarum, captis tyro et gaza, jerusalem iratus festinans, jadum et ceteros sacerdotes, eum honorifice suscipientes, ueneratus est, quibus, post sacrificium lecto daniele , tributum septimi anni dimisit, quod judeis concessit, samaritanis negauit; decem tribus oratione sua inclusit; cui ueneno obeunti, quatuor hic annotati successerunt in regno, de quorum duobus plenius agit scriptura propter judeos quos afflixerunt.

Alexander transferred the kingdom of Persia to his rule and captured Tyre and Gaza. Angrily, he hastened to Jerusalem and venerated Jaddus and the other priests, who received him honorably. After the sacrifice, reading Daniel, he revoked the seven-year tribute, granting this to the Jews but denying it to the Samaritans. By edict, he kept ten tribes in confinement. He met his death by poison. The four noted here were his successors to the kingdom. Scripture treats two of them more thoroughly because they tormented the Jews.

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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)

Alexander translato ad se regno persarum. captis
tyro et gaza. ierusalem iratus festinans. iadum
et ceteros sacerdotes eum honorifice suscipientes ue
neratus est. quibus post sacrificium lecto daniele tribu
tum. septimi anni dimisit. quod iudeis concessit.
samaritanis negauit .x. tribus oratione sua inclu
sit. Cui ueneno obeunti .iiijor. hic annotati suc
cesserunt in regno. De quorum duobus plenius agit
scriptura propter iudeos quos afflixerunt.

Version 1

Linz, Oberösterreichische Landesbibliothek, Hs. 490 (Schiffmann 26) (Lz1)

Manuscript group AT2

Köln, Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln, W 247 (Kö)

Manuscript group BE1

Klosterneuburg, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 696 (K)

Manuscript group FR1

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Alexander translato ad se regno persarum. capta tyro. et gaza.
ierusalem iratus festinans. iadum et ceteros sacerdotes eum honorifice suscipi
entes ueneratus est. Quibus post sacrificium lecto daniele. tributum. viimi.
anni dimisit. Quod iudeis concessit. samaritanis negauit .x. tribus ora
tione sua inclusit. Cui ueneno obeunti .iiijor. hic in pagina sequenti
annotati successerunt in regno. de quorum duobus plenius agit scriptura. propter iu
deos quos afflixerunt.

Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. Sal. IX, 40 (H)

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Alexander translato ad se regno persarum. captis tyro et gaza. ierusalem
iratus festinans iadum et ceteros sacerdotes eum honorifice suscipientes.
ueneratus est. Quibus post sacrificium lecto daniele tributum .vii. anni
dimisit. quod iudeis concessit! samaritanis negauit .x. tribus oratione
sua inclusit. cui ueneno obeunti .iiii. hic annotati suc
cesserunt in regno. de quorum duobus plenius agit scriptura
propter iudeos quos afflixerunt.

Version 2

Cleveland, Museum of Art, 1973.5 (Cl)

Admont, Benediktinerstift, Cod. 128 (Ad)

Manuscript group AT3

Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15.11 (F1)

Manuscript group FR3

Version 3

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 83 (C3)

Manuscript group GB2

Version 4

Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. germ. quart 13 (Fm)

Manuscript group CH1

Version 6

Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. Apel 1 (Le1)

Manuscript group NL1

Citation recommendation

On Alexander the Great: 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-alexander1.

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