On Gideon: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste gedeon , salutatus ab angelo cui supra petram carnes obtulit , ab ara baal destructa dictus jeroboal , suscepto signo in uellere, cum .ccc. aquam more canum lambentibus , laternis fractis et tubis clangentibus, quatuor reges oreb et zeb et zebee et salmana strauit .

This Gideon was greeted by an angel, to whom he offered meat on a stone. He was called Jerobaal after the altar to Baal was destroyed, following the sign in the fleeces. With 300 men who lapped water like dogs, breaking the lanterns and sounding the trumpets, he overthrew the four kings: Oreb, Zeeb, Zebah and Zalmunna.

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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 gedeon sa
lutatus ab an
gelo cui supra
petram carnes
obtulit. ab a
ra baal destru
cta. dictus ie
robal. suscep
to signo in uel
lere .ccc. aquam
more canum
lambentibus la
ternis fractis.
et tubis clangen
tibus iiiior. reges
oreb et zeb. et ze
bee et salmana
strauit.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste gedeon sa
lutatus ab angelo
cui supra petram car
nes obtulit. ab arabaal de
structa dictus ieroboal sus
cepto signo in uellere cum ccc.
aquam more canum labenti
bus laternis fractis et tubis
clangentibus iiiior. reges oreb
et zeb. et Zebee et salmana
strauerunt.

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 gedeon
salutatus ab angelo. cui supra petram
carnes obtulit. ab ara baal destructa
dictus ierobaal. suscepto signo in
uellere. cum. ccctis. aquam more canum
lambentibus. laternis fractis. et tubis clan
gentibus .iiiior. reges. oreb. et zeb. et zebee.
et salmana strauit.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste gedeon salutatus ab
angelo cui supra petram car
nes obtulit. ab ara destructa
dictus ieroboal suscepto sig
no in uellere. cum .ccc. aqua m
more canum lambentibus
laternis fractis et tubis
clangentibus .iiiior. reges
oreb. et zeb. et zebee. et sal
mana. strauit.

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 Gideon: 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-gedeon.

Credits

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