On Josiah: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste josias , inuento deuteronomio in archa, perterritus ad responsionem olde , humiliatus, ydolatriam cum excelsis destruxit, ossa pseudo prophetarum et sacerdotum in bethel combussit; qui, celebrato incomparabili phase, cum pharaoni occurrisset in magedon , sagittatus ab adremon rege, insolabiliter plangebatur et a jeremia super morte eius scribente lamentationes , qui, .xiiio. regni eius anno, ceperat prophetare per tria signa: uirgam uigilantem, ollam succensam et lumbare.

This Josiah found the book of Deuteronomy in the Ark of the Covenant. He was terrified by the response from Huldah, humbled himself, and ended idolatry in the high places. He burned the bones of the pseudo-prophets and priests in Bethel. Having celebrated an incomparable Passover, he was killed by Pharaoh in Megiddo. He was shot with an arrow by the king at Rimmon. He was mourned inconsolably, and Jeremiah wrote lamentations about his death. In the thirteenth year of his reign, Jeremiah began to prophesy through three signs: the watchful branch, the boiling pot, and a belt.

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Version

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Iste Josias inuento deuteromio in ar
cha. perterritus. ad responsionem Olde humili
atus. ydolatriam cum excelsis destruxit.
ossa pseudo prophetarum et sacerdotum in bethel
combussit. Qui celebrato incomparabilj phase
cum pharaoni occurrisset in magedon. sagitatus! ab adremon rege insolabiliter
plangebatur. et a ieremia super morte eius
scribente lamentationes. qui xiijo. regni eius
anno ceperat prophetare. per tria signa. uirgam
uigilantem. ollam succensam. et lumbare.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste iosias inuento deuteronomio in archa perterritus ad re
sponsionem. Olde humiliatus ydolatriam cum excelsis
destruxit. ossa pseudo prophetarum et sacerdotum in bethel
combussit. Qui celebrato incomparabili phase cum phara
oni occurrisset in magedon. sagittatus ab edremon
rege inconsolabiliter plangebatur. et a ieremia super
morte eius scribente lamentaciones. qui xiio regni eius
anno ceperat prophetare per tria signa uirgam uigilan
tem. ollam succensam lumbare.

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 iosias
inuento deuterono
mio in archa perterri
tus. ad responsionem olde humiliatus. ydolatri
am cum excelsis destruxit. ossa pseudo prophetarum et
sacerdotum in bethel conbussit. Qui celebrato incom
parabili phase. cum pharaoni occurrisset in magedon
sagittatus. ab adremon rege insolabiliter plange
batur. et a ieremia super morte eius scribente lamenta
tiones. qui xoiiio. regni eius anno ceperat prophetare. per
tria signa. uirgam uigilantem. ollam succensam. et
lumbare.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste iosias inuento deuteronomio in archa perterritus
ad responsionem olde humiliatus. ydolatriam cum excelsis
destruxit. ossa pseudo prophetarum et sacerdotum in bethel
combussit. Qui celebrato incomparabili phase cum
pharaoni occurrisset! in maggedon. sagitatus.
ab ad remmon rege insolabiliter plangebatur. et a
ieremia super morte eius scribente lamentationes
qui .xiii. regni eius anno ceperat prophetare per tria
signa. uigam uigilantem. ollam succensam. et lumbare.

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 Josiah: 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-josias.

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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