On the Tribes of Israel: Text and Manuscripts

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Hec figura ualet ad intelligendum quod dicitur in numeris de dispositione tribuum et leuitarum per quatuor climata circa tabernaculum; plus etiam ualet ad intelligendum difficilem transitum adamantii in josue , ubi ostenditur qui leuite quot ciuitates in quibus tribubus, sorte pro decimis, habitaculorum acceperunt .

This figure is useful for understanding what is said in the book of Numbers about the arrangement of the tribes and Levites in four regions around the tabernacle. Moreover, it is useful for understanding the difficult crossing of the Adamantius in Joshua, where it is also shown which of the Levites received how many towns from the dwelling places of which tribes, organised by lot.

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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)

Hec figura ualet ad intelligendum quod dicitur in numeris. de dispositione
tribuum et leuitarum per iiijor climata circa tabernaculum. Plus etiam
ualet ad intelligendum difficilem transitum adamantij in iosue
ubi ostenditur. Qui leuite quot ciuitates. in quibus tribubus
sorte pro decimis habita
culorum acceperunt

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Hec figura ualet ad intelligendum quod dicitur in numeris
de dispositione tribuum et leuitarum per iiiior. climata
circa tabernaculum. plus etiam ualet ad intelli
gendum difficilem transitum adamantii inio
iosue. ubi ostendetur qui leuites quod ciuitates in qualibus
tribubus sorte pro decimis habitaculorum acceperint.

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

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Hec figura ualet ad intelligendum quod dicitur in numeris
de dispositione tribuum et leuitarum. per .iiiior. climata circa tabernaculum. Plus etiam ualet ad intelligendum diffi
cilem transitum adamantii in iosue ubi ostenditur qui
leuite. quot ciuitates. in quibus tribubus sorte pro
decimis tabernaculorum acceperunt.

Version 6

Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. Apel 1 (Le1)

Manuscript group NL1

Citation recommendation

On the Tribes of Israel: 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-tribes.

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