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On John Hyrcanus: Text and Manuscripts

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Johannes , duobus de octo loculis dauid apertis et antiocho ut ab obsidione jerusalem decederet datis et ut sedaret murmur populi pro uiolatione sepulcri , de reliqua pecunia xenodochia instituit.
John opened two of David's eight coffers and gave them to Antiochus to lift the siege of Jerusalem and to quiet the protests of the people about the desecration of the tomb. With the remaining money he established a hostel.

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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)

Iohannes duobus de viij. loculis dauid apertis. et anti
ocho ut ab obsidione ierusalem decederet datis. de
reliqua pecunia xenodochia instituit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iohannes de duobus de. viii. loculis dauid apertis
et antiocho ut ab obsidione ierusalem descenderet
datis. cccis. talentis de reliqua pecunia xeno
dochia instituit.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Iohannes duobus de viii. loculis dauid apertis. et antiocho
ut ab obsidione ierusalem discederet datis. ut sedaret mur
mur populi pro uiolatione sepulcri. de reliqua pecunia xeno
dochia instituit.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iohannes duobus de .viii. loculis
dauid apertis. et antiocho ut ab obsidio
ne ierusalem discederet datis. et ut sedaret
murmur populi pro uiolatione sepulcri. de
reliqua prima xenodochia instituit.


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Citation recommendation

On John Hyrcanus: 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-johannes3.

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