On Darius III: Text and Manuscripts

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Dario ab alexandro deuicto, saraballa , prefectus darii , in partes alexandri transiens, templum in monte garizim edificari manasse , fratri jadi summi pontificis, qui eius filiam duxerat, impetrauit.

Darius, defeated by Alexander (as Saraballas, Darius's prefect, went over to Alexander's side), accomplished the building of a temple on Mount Gerizim, for Manasseh, the brother of Jaddua the high priest, who had married his daughter.

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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)

Dario ab alexandro deuicto. saraballa prefectus
darij in partes alexandri transiens templum
in monte garizim edificari. manasse fratrj iadj
summi pontificis qui eius filiam duxerat impetrauit.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Dario sub alexandro deuicto saraballa prefectus darii in partes alex
andri transiens templum in monte garizim edificari manasse fratri
iadj summi pontificis qui eius filiam duxerat impetrauit. Alexander
translato ad se regno persarum captis tyro et gaza ierusalem iratus
festinans iadum et ceteros sacerdotes eum honorifice suscipi
entes ueneratus est. Quibus post sacrificium lecto daniele tri
butum vii. annis dimisit. Quod iudeis concessit. sa
maritanis negauit .x. tribus oratione sua inclu
sit. Cui ueneno obeunti iiiior. hic annotati
successerunt in regno de quorum duobus plenius
ait scriptura propter iudeos quos afflixerunt.

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

Dario ab alexandro deuicto. saraballa prefectus darij in partes
alexandri transiens. templum in monte garizim edificari
manasse fratri iadi summi pontificis qui eius filiam duxerat inpetrauit.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Dario ab alexandro deuicto.saraballa prefectus darii in partes alexandri
transiens. templum in monte garizim edificari. manasse fratri
iadi summi pontificis! qui eius filiam duxerat impetrauit.

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 Darius III: 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-darius4.

Credits

Data modeling, data curation and web design: Jakob Sonnberger
Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
Mercator Fellows: Laura Cleaver and Franz Fischer