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On Amaziah: Text and Manuscripts

Go to the Kings of Judah and Israel, Part 2 group, the Visual edition.

Iste amasias per parabolam de carduo a joas ioas , rege israel, non correctus, uictus ab eo, jerusalem ei diripendam et uasa domus domini asportanda et murum interrumpendum tradidit.
This Amaziah did not heed the parable of the thistle from Jehoash, king of Israel. Defeated by Jehoash, Jerusalem was delivered to him to be plundered, for the vessels of the Lord's house to be carried away, and for the wall to be broken down.

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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 amasias per parabolam de carduo a
ioas rege israel non correctus. uictus ab eo.
ierusalem ei diripendam. et uasa domus domini as
portanda. et murum interrumpendum tradidit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste amasias per parabolam de carduo a io
as rege israel correctus uictus ab eo
ierusalem ei diripiendam et uasa do
mus domini aspordanda. et murum
interrumpendum tradidit.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Iste amasias
per parabolam de carduo a ioas rege israel non correctus. uictus
ab eo ierusalem ei diripiendam. et uasa domus domini asportanda
et murum interrumpendum tradidit.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste amasias per parabolam de carduo rege israel non cor
rectus. uictus ab eo ierusalem ei diripendam. et uasa do
mus domini asportanda et murum interrumpendum tra
didit.


Version 2


Version 3


Version 4


Citation recommendation

On Amaziah: 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-amasias.

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  • Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
  • Mercator Fellows: Laura Cleaver and Franz Fischer