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On Balaam: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste balaam , qui in job dicitur eliud , descendit de buz , qui, a balach conductus ut malediceret israel, ei benedixit, loquente prius sibi asina, et de ortu stelle et saluatoris prophetauit.
This Balaam, who in Job is called Elihu, was descended from Buz, who, brought to Balak to curse Israel, blessed them, talking first to his ass, and prophesied about the rising of a star and about the saviour.

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Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Iste balaam. qui in iob dicitur eliud. descendit de buz
qui a balach conductus. ut malediceret israel. ej
benedixit. loquente prius sibi asina. et de ortu stelle
et saluatoris prophetauit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste balaam qui in iob dicitur eliud descendit de buz qui a balach conductus
ut malediceret israel ei benedixit loquente sibi pri us asina. et de ortu
stelle et saluatoris prophetauit.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Iste balaam
qui in iob dicitur
eliud. descen
dit de buz.
qui a balac con
ductus ut ma
lediceret israel ei
benedixit. loquen
te prius sibi asi
na. et de ortu
stelle et salua
toris prophetauit.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste balaam qui in iob dicitur eliud. descendit de
buz. qui a balac conductus ut malediceret israel!
ei benedixit. loquente sibi prius asina. et de ortu
stelle et saluatoris prophetauit.


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Citation recommendation

On Balaam: 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-balaam.

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