On the Kings of Babylon: Text and Manuscripts

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Hic est primus rex babylonis famosus, qui honorauit ezechiam , cuius nuntiis ostendit thesauros domini, pro quo peccato reges babylonis infestauerunt regnum juda , ut nabucodonosor et alii sequentes usque ad ultimum, balthasar ; tunc enim translatum est regnum ad medos et persas.

Here is the first famous king of Babylon, who honoured Hezekiah, to whose messengers he showed the treasures of the Lord, through which sin the kings of Babylon attacked the kingdom of Judah, from Nebuchadnezzar and all the others following him until the last, Belshazzar. Then the kingdom was transferred to the Medes and Persians.

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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)

Hic est primus
rex babilonis fa
mosus qui honora
uit ezechiam . cv
ius nuntijs ost
endit thesauros
domini. pro quo peccato reges babylonis infestauerunt regnum
iuda. ut nabucodonosor et et alij sequentes
usque ad ultimum balthasar. tunc. enim translatum
est regnum ad medos et persas.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Hic est primus rex babylonis famosus qui honorauit ezechiam cuius
nuntiis ostendit thesauros domini. pro quo peccato reges babylonis infesta
uerunt regnum iuda ut nabuchodonosor. et et alii sequentes usque
ad ultimum balthasar. tunc enim translatum est regnum ad medos et
persas.

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

Hic est primus rex babilonis famosus qui ho
norauit ezechiam. cuius nuntiis ostendit thesauros
domus domini. pro quo peccato reges babylonie infes
tauerunt regnum iuda. ut nabuchodonosor. et alij se
quentes usque ad ultimum balthasar. tunc enim translatum
est regnum ad medos et persas.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Hic est primus
rex babilo
nis famosus
qui honorauit ezechiam. cuius nuntiis ostendit thesauros domus domini. quo pro quo
peccato reges babilonis infestauerunt regnum iuda. ut nabugodonosor et et alii
sequentes usque ad ultimum balthasar. Tunc enim translatum est regnum ad
medos. et perses.

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 the Kings of Babylon: 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-primusRexBabylonis.

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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