On the Sons of Noah: Text and Manuscripts

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Ab his tribus filiis noe texuntur generationes .lxxii. : .xu. de jafeth , .xxx. de cham , .xxuii. de sem , qui disseminati sunt per orbem; sem obtinuit asiam , cham affricam, jafeth europam; generationi sem tantum hic insistemus nam de aliis duobus fuerunt gentiles.

From these three sons of Noah 72 clans are woven: 15 from Japhet, 30 from Ham, 27 from Sem. They were spread throughout the world. Sem obtained Asia, Ham Africa, Japhet Europe. We will only consider the descendants of Sem here, as the other two were Gentiles.

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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)

Ab his tribus filijs noe. texuntur
generationes .lxx.ij. xv. de
iaffeth .xxx. de cham .xx.vii de
Sem. Qui disseminati sunt per orbem
Sem obtinuit asiam. Cham af
fricam. Jaffeth europam. Gener
ationi sem tantum hic insistemus nam
de alijs duobus fuerunt gentiles.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Ab his tribus filiis Noe
texuntur generationes
lxx. ii. xv. de iafeth.
xxx. de cham. xx. vii
de sem. Qui dissemi
nati sunt per orbem. Sem
obtinuit Asyam. cham
affricam. iafeth euro
pam. Generationi Sem
tantum hic insistemus. Nam
de aliis duobus fuerunt gen
tiles.

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

Ab his tribus filiis noe texuntur generationes
lxtaxiie.xv de iaffeth. xxx de cham. xxvii. de sem.
Qui disseminati sunt per orbem. Sem obtinuit asyam.
Cham affricam. Jaffeth europam. Generationi sem
tantum hic insistemus. Nam de aliis duobus fuerunt gentiles.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Ab his tribus filiis noe texuntur genera
tiones .lxxiie.xv. die iaphet .xxx. de cham
.xxvii. de sem. qui disseminati sunt per orbem.
Sem. obtinuit asiam. cham affricam. Iapheth eu
ropam. Generationi Sem hic tantum insistemus. nam
de aliis duobus fuerunt gentiles.

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 the Sons of Noah: 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-filiiNoe.

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