On Amel-Marduk: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste euil merodach , frater minoris nabucodonosor , timens ne pater , reuiuiscens ut prius , a regno eum expelleret, ad consilium joachim , quem de carcere eleuauerat , cadauer patris sui in .ccc. partes diuisum .ccc. uulturibus dedit.

This Amel-Marduk, younger brother of Nebuchadnezzar, feared that his father, returning to life (as he had before), would expel him from the kingdom. On the advice of Joachim (who he brought out of prison), he cut his father's body into 300 pieces and gave them to 300 vultures.

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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 Euilmerodach frater minoris nabucodo
nosor. timens ne pater reuiuiscens ut
prius a regno eum expelleret. ad consilium ioachim
quem de carcere eleuauerat. cadauer patris suj
in ccctas partes diuisum. trecentis uulturibus
dedit.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste euildemoradach fratrer minoris nabuchodonosor timens ne pater re
uiuiscens ut prius eum a regno expelleret ad consilium ioachim quem de carcere
eleuauerat cadauer patris sui in ccctas. parces diuisis ccctis. uulturibus dedit.

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 euilmerodach frater minoris nabchodonosor.
timens ne pater reuiuiscens a regno eum ex
pelleret. ad consilium ioachim quem de
carcere eleuauerat. cadauer patris sui
in .ccctas. partes diuisum. trecentis uulturi
bus dedit.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste euilmerodach frater
minoris nabugodonosor. timens
ne pater suus reuiuis
cens ut prius. a regno eum
expelleret. ad consilium
ioachim que m de carcere eleuauerat.
cadauer patris sui in .ccc.
partes diuisum. ccc. uultu
ribus dedit.

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

Citation recommendation

On Amel-Marduk: 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-euilMerodach.

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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