Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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On Amasa: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste amasa fuit princeps militie dauid , quem occidit joab in dolo.
This Amasa was a commander of David's army, and was killed treacherously by Joab.

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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)

Iste Ama
sa fuit prin
ceps mili
tie dauid. quem
occidit io
ab in dolo.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste amasa fuit princeps militie dauid. quem occidit ioab in dolo.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Jste ama
sa fuit
princeps
milicie
dauid
quem oc
cidit io
ab in do
lo.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste amasa fuit princeps
militie dauid. quem occidit
ioab in dolo.


Version 2


Citation recommendation

On Amasa: 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-amasa.

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