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On Alexandra: Text and Manuscripts

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Alexandra , uxor alexandri , regnum pollicens hyrcano filio suo, aristobolum alterum suum filium cum coniuge et filiis uinculauit, accipiens eos obsides ne regnum sibi usurparent.
Alexandra, the wife of Alexander, promising the kingdom to Hyrcanus her son, imprisoned her other son Aristobolus with his wife and sons, taking them hostage so that they would not usurp the kingdom.

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Version

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Alexandra uxor alexandri. regnum pollicens
hyrcano filio suo. aristobolum alterum suum filium
cum coniuge et filijs uinculauit accipiens eos
obsides ne regnum sibi usurparent.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Alexandra uxor alexandri. regnum pollicens
hyrcano filio suo. aristobolum alterum filium suum cum
coniuge et filiis uinculauit accipiens eos obsides ne reg
num sibi usurparent.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Alexandra.
uxor alexandri
regnum pollicens
hyrcano filio
suo. aristobolum
alterum filium suum cum con
iuge et filiis uinculauit.
accipiens eos obsides ne
regnum sibi usurparent.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Alexandra uxor alexandri pollicens regnum hircano filio
suo. Aristobolum alterum filium suum cum coniuge et filiis
uinculauit accipiens eos obsides ne regnum sibi usur
parent.


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Citation recommendation

On Alexandra: 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-alexandra1.

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