On Esau: Text and Manuscripts

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Esau, hispidus uenator, uenditis primogenitis a lenticula fulua, dictus edom , ductis uxoribus chananeis judith et bethsamath , supplantatus a fratre in benedictione, redeunti jacob de mesopotamia cum .cccc. uiris pacificus occurrit.

Esau, a hairy hunter, sold his firstborn rights for yellow lentils. Called Edom, he took Canaanite wives: Judith and Basemath. Supplanted by his brother in blessing, he met Jacob returning from Mesopotamia with 400 men in peace.

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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)

Esau hyspidus uenator. uenditis primogeni
tis a lenticula fulua dictus edom . ductis uxori
bus chananeis iudith et bethsamath supplantatus a
fratre in benedictione. redeunti iacob de mesopotha
mia. cum .cccc. uiris pacificus occurrit.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Esau hispidus uenator uenditis primogenitis a lenticula fulua dictus edom
ductis uxoribus chananeis iudith et bethsamath supplantatus
a fratre in benedictione redeunti iacob de mesopotamia cum cccc.
uiris pacificus occurrit.

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

Esau hyspidus ue
nator. uenditis primo
genitis. a lenticula fulua dictus edom. ductis uxo
ribus chananeis. iudith. et bethsamath. supplantatus a fratre in bene
dictione. redeunti iacob de mosopotha
mia. cum cccctis. uiris pacificus
occurrit.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Esau hispidus uenator
uenditis primogenitis
a lenticula fulua dictus
edom. ductis uxoribus cananeis iudith
et bethsamath supplantatus a fratre in
benedictione. redeunti iacob de
mesopotamia. cum .cccc.
uiris pacificus oc
currit.

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 Esau: 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-esau.

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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