On Jepthah: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste jepthe , a filiis ut spurius abiectus, in regione tob commorans, postea super eos princeps factus, superatis ammonitis , uoto alligatus, filiam, post planctum uirginitatis .lx. dierum, immolauit; .xlii. milia de effraym , per sethboleth et thesboleth diiudicans, ad uada jordanis iordanis trucidauit.

This Jepthah, driven out as a bastard by the legitimate sons, dwelt in the land of Tob. Later, having been made commander over them, and having defeated the Ammonites, bound by a vow, he made a burnt offering of his daughter after she had mourned her virginity for sixty days. He killed 42,000 Ephraimites, judged by whether they said Shibboleth or Sibboleth, at the fords of the Jordan.

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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 Jepte a fi
lijs ut spurius
abiectus in regio
ne tob commo
rans. postea
super eos princeps
factus. superatis a
monitis. uoto
alligatus. filiam
post planctum
uirginitatis
lx dierum immo
lauit .xl.iimilia. de
effraym per seth
boleth et thesbo
leth diiudicans
ad uada iorda
nis trucidauit.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste iepte a filiis ut spurius abiectus in
tob commorans postea super eos princeps factus
superatis ammonitis. uoto alligatus fi
liam post planctum uirginitatis .xl.milia
dierum immolauit .xl.ii. de effraim
per sethbolech et resboleth diiudicans
ad uada iordanis trucidauit.

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

Jste iepte a fratribus ut spurius abiectus
in regione tob conmorans. postea su
per eos princeps factus. superatis amoni
tis. uoto alligatus filiam post planctum
uirginitatis. lx. dierum immolauit.
xliimilia. de effraim per sethboleth. et thetboleth
diuidicans trucidauit.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste iepte a filiis ut spurius ab
iectus in regione tob commora
ns postea super eos princeps
factus superatis amonitis. uoto
alligatus filiam post planctum
uirginitatis .xl. dierum immola
uit .xlii. de effraim per seth
bolech et thesboleth. dii udi
cans ad uada iordanis truci
dauit.

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

Citation recommendation

On Jepthah: 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-jepthe.

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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