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On Daniel's Ninth Vision: Text and Manuscripts

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Nonam uidit sub cyro cum, ieiunans iuxta tygrim , uidit uirum indutum balthidi , cuius corpus crisolitus , oculi lampades, facies ut fulgur.
Under Cyrus, Daniel saw the ninth vision, when, fasting next to the Tygris, he saw a man wearing a belt, whose body was chrysolite, whose eyes were torches, and whose face was like lightning.

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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)

Nonam uidit sub cyro. cum ieiunans iuxta tygrim. uidit
uirum indutum balthidi. cuius corpus crisolitus. oculj lampa
des. facies ut fulgur.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Nonam uidit sub cyro cum
ieiunans iuxta tygrum uidit uirum indutum balthidi.
cuius corpus chrisolitus. oculi lampades facies ut fulgur.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Nonam
uidit sub cyro. cum ieiunans iuxta tygrim uidit uirum
indutum balthidi. cuius corpus crisolitus. occuli lampa
des. facies ut fulgur.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Nonam uidit sub ciro cum ieiunans iuxta tigrim uidit uirum indutum balti
di. cuius corpus crisolitus. oculi lampades facies ut fulgur.


Version 2


Version 3


Version 6


Citation recommendation

On Daniel's Ninth Vision: 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-visioNona.

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  • Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
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