Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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On the Kings of Egypt: Text and Manuscripts

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Post hos reges reges egipti reges egypti fuerunt alii alii reges in egypto egipto , qui hic non ponuntur, usque ad cleopatram , qua, cum antonio qui eam amabat in actio superata, transiit egyptus in partem romanorum.
After these kings there were others in Egypt, who are not set out here, up to Cleopatra, who, with Antony (who loved her) was defeated in battle, and Egypt became part of the Roman Empire.

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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)

Post hos
reges fuerunt
alij in egipto
qui hic non po
nuntur. usque
ad cleopatram
qua cum antho
nio qui eam ama
bat in actio
superata. trans
ijt egiptus
in partem romanorum.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Post hos reges
fuerunt alii in egyp
to qui hic non ponun
tur usque ad cleopatram
qua cum antonio qui eam
amabat in atio superata
transiit egyptus in par
tes romanorum

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Post hos reges
egypti fue
runt alii reges in egypto qui hic non ponuntur. usque
ad cleopatram. qua cum anthonio qui eam amabat in ac
tio superata. transiit egyptus in partem romanorum.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Post hos reges egipti fuerunt alii reges in egipto. qui hic non
ponuntur usque ad cleopatram qua cum antonio qui eam
amabat in actio superata! transiit egyptus in partem romanorum.


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Citation recommendation

On the Kings of Egypt: 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-regesEgipthi.

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