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On the Sons of Joseph: Text and Manuscripts

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Isti sunt duo filii joseph , quorum uterque facit tribum per se, remota tribu leui a sorte hereditatis.
These are two sons of Joseph, each of whom formed a tribe. The tribe of Levi was removed from the inheritance by lot.

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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)

Isti sunt duo
filij ioseph
quorum uterque facit tribum per se. remota
tribu leuj a sorte hereditatis.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Isti sunt duo filii
ioseph quorum uterque facit tri
bum per se. remota tribu
leui a sorte heredita
tis.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Isti sunt
duo fi
lii ioseph
quorum uterque facte
tribum per se. remo
ta tribu leui a sorte
hereditatis.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iacob fratre tum in primogenitura tum in benedictione supplantato in mesopotamiam
proficiscens. cum prouisione iuxta luzam titulum erexisset. et pro rachel et lia .xiiii. annorum
seruitium apud laban complesset! pacto de aliis .vii. annis pro gregibus mutatione uir
garum uix completo. cum uxoribus et filiis .xi. a laban furto sublatis ydolis a rachel! re
cedens! in galaad est comprehensus. Inde cum laban federe inito in lapidibus ad manaim.
ubi castra angelorum uidit proficiens. ordinatis turbis uadum iaboc transiens. matu
tina lucta leso neruo cum angelo completa. mutatione nominis facta. premissis muneribus
fratri suo tremebundus occurrit. cuius filia dina a sichem oppressa et sichimitis
in dolo occisis! iussu dei ipse in bethel altare erexit. et domum purgauit
In effrata eo ueniente et rachel in partu beniamin ex
pirante. cum trans turrim gregis tabernaculum fixisset! postea
tempore famis in egiptum descendit. ubi a filio suo io
seph honorifice suseptus. respondens
pharaoni de etate. benedictis per ordi
nem filiis! uitam terminauit.


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Citation recommendation

On the Sons of Joseph: 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-filiiJoseph.

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  • Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
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