On Solomon: Text and Manuscripts

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Salomon , occiso joab et semei et adonia , accepta a deo post immolationem sapientia et in iudicio de meretricibus cognita , templum ope yram condidit; septem annis et totidem mensibus, decima die septembris consecrauit; domum saltus cum domo regia fecit; reginam saba honorifice suscepit; precedentem uitam amore mulierum et cultu ydolorum maculauit.

Solomon killed Joab, Shimei and Adonijah. He received wisdom from God after his sacrifice, which was demonstrated in the judgement about the prostitutes. He built the temple with the assistance of Hiram, and consecrated it after seven years and as many months, on the tenth day of the seventh month. He made the Forest Palace and the royal palace. He received the Queen of Sheba honorably. Yet he stained his previous life with the love of women and the worship of idols.

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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)

Salomon occiso iaab
et semej et adonia. accepta
a deo post immolationem
sapientia. et in iudicio de me
retricibus cognita. templum
ope yram condidit .vij.
annis et totidem mensibus
decima die septembris con
secrauit. domum saltus
cum domo regia fecit.
reginam saba honori
fice suscepit. preceden
tem uitam amore mu
lierum. et cultu ydolo
rum maculauit.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Salemon occiso ioab et semei et adonia accepta a deo post inmolationem
sapientia et in iudicio de meretricibus cognito. templum ope yram condidit vii.
annis. et totidem mensibus. decima die septembris consecrauit. domum saltus cum
domo regia fecit. reginam saba honorifice suscepit. precedentem uitam amore
mulierum et cultu ydolorum maculauit.

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

Salo
mon occi
so ioab. et se
mei et adonya. accepta a deo post inmolationem sa
pientia. et in iudicio de meretricibus cognita. templum
ope yram condidit .vii. annis et totidem mensibus.
decima die septembris consecrauit. domum saltus
cum domo regia fecit. reginam sabam honorifice
suscepit. precedentem uitam amore mulierum et cul
tu ydolorum maculauit.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Salomon occiso ioab et semei et adonia. accepta a deo
post immolationem sapientia. et in iudicio de meretricibus cogni
ta! templum ope iram condidit .vii. annis et totidem
mensibus .xa. die septembris consecrauit domum saltus. et domo re
giam fecit. Reginam saba honorifice suscepit. precedentem
uitam amore mulierum et cultu ydolorum maculauit.

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 4

Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. germ. quart 13 (Fm)

Manuscript group CH1

Citation recommendation

On Solomon: 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-salomon.

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