Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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On the Birth of Christ: Text and Manuscripts

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Natus est dominus .xliio. anno regni augusti , .xxxo. anno regni herodis , nocte dominice diei.
Christ was born in the 42nd year of the reign of Augustus, the 30th year of the reign of Herod, on a Sunday night.

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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)

Natus est dominus xlo.iio. anno regni augusto .xxxo
anno regni hehodis nocte dominice diej.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Natus est dominus xlmo iio anno regni augusti .xiii. anno
regni herodis nocte dominice diei

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Natus est dominus. xlo.iio. anno regnj augusti .xxxo.
anno regni herodis. nocte dominice diej.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Natus est dominus .xlii. Anno regni Augusti .xxx. anno regni hero
dis. nocte dominice diei.


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Citation recommendation

On the Birth of Christ: 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-natus.

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