Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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On Tubal-Cain: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste tubal cain , ferrarie artis inuentor, sculpture operum in metallis fabricator, cuius malleorum sonitu jubal delectatus, proportiones ex eis prius penis perpendit .
This Tubal-Cain was the inventor of the arts of metalworking and a maker of sculpted works in metal. The sound of his hammers delighted Jubal, and he was the first to measure their proportions.

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Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Iste tubalchaim ferrarie ar
tis inuentor sculpture operum
in metallis fabricator. cuius mal
leorum sonitu iubal delectatus
proportiones ex eis prius perpendit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

ste tubalcain ferrarie
artis inuentor sculpture
operum in metallis fabri
cator. cuius malleorum so
nitu iubal delectatus
proportiones prius perpendit
ex eis.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Iste tubal
caim. ferrari
e artis inuen
tor. sculpturre
operum in me
tallis fabrica
tor. cuius mal
leorum sonitu
iubal delec
tatus. proporti
ones ex eis
prius perpen
dit.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Iste tubalchaim
ferrarie artis inuentor
sculpture operum in me
tallis fabricator. cuius
malleorum sonitu
iubal delectatus! pro
portiones ex eis
penis perpendit.


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Citation recommendation

On Tubal-Cain: 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-tubalCain.

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