On Belshazzar: Text and Manuscripts

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Sub balthasar liberata est susanna a calumpnia sacerdotum per danielem et illi lapidati; sub eodem daniel .lxx. sacerdotes furtim oblationes belis comedentes occidit; bel et templum eius subuertit; draconem massa picea ex adipe et pilis cocta suffocauit, propter quod in lacum missus, abaccuc de judea in babylonem translato uisitatus et liberatus.

Under Belshazzar, Susanna was freed from the slander of the priests by Daniel and they were stoned. Under the same Belshazzar, Daniel killed seventy priests who were secretly eating offerings to Bel. He overthrew Bel and his temple, suffocated the dragon with a mass of pitch made from fat and hair, and was sent into a pit. Habakkuk, having been transported from Judea to Babylon, visited and freed Daniel.

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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)

Sub baltasar liberata est susanna a calump
nia sacerdotum per danielem. et illi lapidatj.
sub eodem daniel lxx. sacerdotes furtim ob
lationes belis comedentes occidit. bel et templum eius subuertit. Draconem massa picea
ex adipe et pilis cocta suffocauit. propter quod in
lacum missus. abacuc de iudea in baby
lonem translato. uisitatus et liberatus.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Sub baltasar liberata est susanna a calumnia sacerdotum. per danielem et illi
lapidati. Sub eodem daniel lxx. sacerdotes furtim oblationes belis come
dentes occidit. bel et templum eius subuertit. draconem massa picea ex adipe
et pilis cocta suffocauit. propter quod in lacum missus abaccuc a iudea in babylo
nem translatuso uisitatus et liberatus.

Linz, Oberösterreichische Landesbibliothek, Hs. 490 (Schiffmann 26) (Lz1)

Manuscript group AT2

Köln, Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln, W 247 (Kö)

Manuscript group BE1

Klosterneuburg, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 696 (K)

Manuscript group FR1

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2 [2 Images]

part 1 Sub baltasar liberata est. susanna.
a calumpnia sacerdotum per danielem. et illi
lapidati. Sub eodem daniel. lxx. sacer
dotes furtim oblationes belis comeden
tes occidit. bel et templum eius subuertit.

part 2 draconem massa picea ex adaipe. et pilis cocta suffocait. propter
quod in lacum missus. abacuc de iudea in babylonem translato ui
sitatus et liberatus est.

Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. Sal. IX, 40 (H)

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Sub balthasar liberata est susanna a calumpnia sacerdotum.
per danielem. et illi lapidati sub eodem daniele .lxx. sacerdotes
furtim oblationes belis comedentes occidit. bel et templum eius
subuertit. draconem massa picea ex adipe et pilis cocta suffoca
uit propter quod in lacum missus! ab abacuc de iudea in babilonem. translato!
uisitatus et liberatus.

Version 2

Cleveland, Museum of Art, 1973.5 (Cl)

Admont, Benediktinerstift, Cod. 128 (Ad)

Manuscript group AT3

Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15.11 (F1)

Manuscript group FR3

Version 3

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 83 (C3)

Manuscript group GB2

Version 4

Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. germ. quart 13 (Fm)

Manuscript group CH1

Version 6

Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. Apel 1 (Le1)

Manuscript group NL1

Citation recommendation

On Belshazzar: 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-balthasar.

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