Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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On King Alexander: Text and Manuscripts

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Alexander , circiter .m. judeos interficiens, obiens uxori regnum reliquit .
Alexander, having killed about a thousand Jews, died and left the kingdom to his wife.

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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 circiter mille iudeos interficiens obi
ens uxori regnum reliquit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Alexander circiter mille iudeos interficiens
obiens uxori regnum reliquid.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Alexander cir
citer mille iudeos
interficiens. obiens
uxori regnum reliquid

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

Manuscript group GB6

Alexander circiter mille iudeos interficiens! obiens
uxori regnum reliquid.


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Citation recommendation

On King Alexander: 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-alexander3.

Credits

  • Data modeling, data curation and web design: Jakob Sonnberger
  • Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
  • Mercator Fellows: Laura Cleaver and Franz Fischer