On Eli: Text and Manuscripts

Go to the Judges group, the Priests, Part 1 group, the Visual edition.

Iste heli , sacerdos et iudex , in arguendis filiis tepidus et ideo a domino reprobatus, cum samuelem sibi oblatum nutrisset , audita strage filiorum et archa a philisteis capta, de sella cadens, fractis ceruicibus, expirauit.

This Eli, a priest and judge, was lukewarm in condeming his sons and so the Lord rejected him. He raised Samuel, who was offered to him. Hearing of the slaughter of his sons and the capture of the ark by the Philistines, he fell from his chair, broke his neck, and died.

View this text with apparatus

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 heli sacer
dos et iudex in
arguendis fi
lijs tepidus
et ideo a domino re
probatus cum
samuelem sibi
oblatum nutris
set. audita
strage filiorum et archa a phi
listeis capta
de sella cadens
fractis cerui
cibus expira
uit.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste heli sacerdos et iudex in
arguendis filiis trepidus et
ideo a domino reprobatus cum samue
lem sibi oblatum nutrisset. audita
strage filiorum et archa a philiste
is capta. de sella cadens fractis
ceruicibus expirauit.

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 hely
sacerdos et iudex in arguendis filiis te
pidus. et ideo a domino reprobatus. cum samu
elem sibi oblatum nutrisset. audita
strage filiorum. et
archa a phylisteis
capta. de sella ca
dens fractis cer
uicibus exspi
rauit

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste heli sacerdos et
iudex in arguendis
filiis tepidus. et ideo
a domino reprobatus. cum
samuelem sibi obla
tum nutrisset
audita strage
filiorum et archa
a philisteis capta!
de sella cadens frac
tis ceruicibus expi
rauit.

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 Eli: 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-helyPontifex.

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