On Jeroboam I: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste jeroboam decem scissuras pallii ab achia sylonite accipiens et in egyptum fugiens , mortuo salomone , in sychem a decem tribubus electus in regem, uitulos conflatiles in dan et bethel posuit, qui, comminatione abdo prophete audita, manu arefacta et sanata, altari quoque scisso et propheta abdo a leone ob conuiuium falsi prophete occiso, ad eius persuasionem uias prauas non deserens, achiam sylonitem per uxorem de salute pueri consulens, triste nuntium sue desolationis dissolutionis audiens, obiit.

This Jeroboam accepted ten pieces of Ahijah the Shilohite's cloak and fled to Egypt. After the death of Solomon, at Shechem he was chosen as king by ten tribes. He set up cast calves in Dan and Bethel. After hearing the threat of the prophet Iddo, his hand was shrivelled and healed, the altar was torn apart, and the prophet Iddo was killed by a lion because of the feast of the false prophets. Yet Jeroboam was not persuaded to abandon his evil ways. He consulted Ahijah the Shilohite through his wife about the health of his boy, and hearing the sad news of his desolation, he died.

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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 Jeroboam .x. scissuras pallij. ab achia sylonite
accipiens. et in egiptum fugienns. mortuo salomone
in sichem a .x. tribubus electus in regem. uitulos
conflatiles in dan et bethel posuit. qui
comminatione abdo prophete audita.
manu arefacta et sanata. altari quoque
scisso. et propheta abdo a leone ob conuiui
um falsi prophete occiso. ad eius persuasio
nem uias prauas non deserens. Achiam
sylonitem per uxorem de salute puerj
consulens. triste nuntium sue desola
tionis audiens. obijt.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste ieroboam .x. scissuras pallii ab achya sylo
nite accipiens et in egyptum fugiens. mortuo salo
mone in sichem. a x. tribus electus in regem uitulos
conflatiles in dan et bethel posuit. qui commina
tione abdo prophete audita. manu arefacta
et sanata. altari quo que scisso. et propheta abdo
a leone. ob conuiuium falsi prophete. occiso. ad eius
persuasionem uias prauas non deserens. achiam syloni
tem per uxorem de salute pueri consulens. triste nuntium
sue desolationis audiens obiit

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 ieroboam x. scissuras pallij ab
achia silonite accipiens. et in egyptum
fugiens. mortuo salomone in sychem.
a x. tribubus electus in regem. uitulos conflatiles in
dan et bethel posuit. qui comminatione abdo prophete
audita. manu arefacta et sanata. altari quo que scisso.
et propheta abdo a leone ob conuiuium falsi prophete oc
ciso. ad eius persuasionem uias prauas non deserens.
achiam sylonitem per uxorem de salute puerj
consulens. triste nuntium sue desolationis audiens
obijt.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste Ieroboam .x. scissuras pallii. ab achia silonite
suscipiens et in egiptum fugienns. mortuo salomone.
in sichem a .x. tribubus electus in regem. uitulos conflatiles
in dan et bethel posuit. qui comminatione abdo propheta
audita. manu arefacta et sanata. altari quoque
scisso. et propheta abdo a leone ob conuiuium falsi pro
phete occiso! ad eius persuasionem uias prauas non
deserens! achiam salonitem per uxorem de salute pueri
consulens. triste nuntium dissolationis sue
audiens! obiit.

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 4

Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. germ. quart 13 (Fm)

Manuscript group CH1

Citation recommendation

On Jeroboam I: 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-jeroboam1.

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