On Elimelech: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste elimelech , tempore famis, cum uxore sua noemi de bethleem peregrinatus est in moab; ibi, acceptis uxoribus filiis suis, scilicet ruth et orpha , et mortuis filiis et patre, rediit noemi cum ruth moabitide , de qua booz genuit obeth , suscitans semen propinquo defuncto.

This Elimelech, in the time of famine, went with his wife Naomi from Bethlehem to Moab. There he received his sons' wives, Ruth and Orpah, and when the sons and father died, Naomi returned with Ruth the Moabite, by whom Boaz begot Obed, raising seed for a deceased relative.

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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 Elimelech tempore famis. cum uxore sua noemi de beth
leem peregrinatus est in moab. ibi acceptis uxoribus filijs suis
scilicet ruth et orpha. et mortuis filijs et patre. redijt noemi cum
ruth moabitide. de qua booz genuit obeth suscitans
semen propinquo defuncto.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste elimelech tempore famis cum uxore sua noemi de bethlem
peregrinatus est. in moab ibi acceptis uxoribus filiis suis scilicet ruth et
orpha et mortuis filiis et patre rediit noemi cum ruth mo
abitide. de qua booz genuit obeth suscitans semen
propinquo defuncto.

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

Iste elimelech tempore famis cum uxore sua
noemi. de beelleem peregrinatus est in
moab. ibi acceptis uxoribus filiis suis.
scilicet ruth. et orpha. et mortuis filiis et patre.
rediit noemi cum ruth moabitide. de qua
booz genuit obez. suscitans semen propinquo
defuncto.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste elimelech tempore famis cum uxore sua noemi de bethleem
peregrinatus est in moab. ibi acceptis uxoribus filiis suis scilicet Ruth. et orpha.
et mortuis filiis et patre! rediit noemi cum Ruth moabitide. de
qua booz genuit obeth. suscitans semen propinquo defuncto.

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 Elimelech: 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-elimelech.

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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