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On Deborah: Text and Manuscripts

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Ista delbora , uxor barach uel lapidoth , occiso sysara per jabel , uxorem aber cinei , dato poculo lactis, tandem jabin interfecit, cuius princeps fuit sysara , et canticum cecinit.
This Deborah, the wife of Barak or Lapidoth - after Sisera was killed by Jael (the wife of Haber the Cinite), who was given a cup of milk - killed Jabin (whose commander Sisera had been), and sang a song.

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Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Ista Delbora
uxor barach
uel lapidoth oc
ciso sysara per
iabel uxorem ab
er cinej dato
poculo lactis.
tandem iabyn
interfecit cuius prin
ceps fuit sy
sara. et canticum
cecinit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Ista delbora uxor ba
rach uel lapidoth
occiso sysara per
iabel uxorem ab
cynei dato poculo
lactis. tandem iabin in
terfecit. cuius princeps fuit
sysara. et canticum cecinit.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Ista delbora
uxor barach uel lapidot. occiso sysara
per iabel uxorem abel cynei dato po
culo lactis. tandem iabim interfecit.
cuius princeps fuit sysara. et canticum ce
cinit. cinit.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Ista delbora ux
or balachuel lapi
doth. occiso sisa
ra per iaber uxorem
aber! cynei dato
poculo lactis tandem
iabin interfecit. cuius
princeps fuit si
sara. et canticum ce
cinit.


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Citation recommendation

On Deborah: 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-delbora.

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