Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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On Nebuchadnezzar's Hanging Gardens: Text and Manuscripts

Go to the Kings of Babylon group, the Visual edition.

Iste nabucodonosor hortum , qui suspensilis dicebatur, plantauit propter uxorem suam, que mediam unde orta erat uidere uolebat.
This Nebuchadnezzar planted the garden, which is called “the Hanging Gardens”, for his wife, who wished to see Media, where she came from.

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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 Nabucodonosor hortum qui suspensilis dice
batur plantauit propter uxorem suam. que medi
am unde orta erat uidere uolebat.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

ste nabuchodonosor ortum qui suspensilis dicebatur. plantatur propter uxorem suam
que mediam unde orta erat uidere uolebat.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Iste nabuchodonosor hortum qui sus
pensilis dicetur plantauit. propter uxorem suam
que mediam unde orta erat uidere uolebat.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste nabugodonosor ortum qui suspensilis dice
batur plantauit propter uxorem suam. que mediam
unde orta erat uidere uolebat.


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Citation recommendation

On Nebuchadnezzar's Hanging Gardens: 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-nabucodonosor2.

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