Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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On the Hebrews: Text and Manuscripts

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Ab isto heber dicti sunt hebrei uel ab abraham quasi abrahei.
From this Heber the Hebrews are named, or it is from Abraham, almost like 'Abrahei'.

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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 isto heber dicti sunt hebrej . uel ab abra
ham quasi abrahej.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Ab isto heber dicti sunt hebrei uel ab abraham quasi abrahei.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Ab isto heber dicti sunt hebrei. uel ab abraham. quasi abrahei.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Ab isto heber dicti sunt hebrei. uel ab abraham quasi abrahei.


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Citation recommendation

On the Hebrews: 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-heber.

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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