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On Daniel's Eighth Vision: Text and Manuscripts

Go to the Prophets of Babylon and Persia group, the Visual edition.

Octauam uidit sub eodem, gabriele eum certificante de aduentu christi post .lxx. ebdomades annorum lunarium et captiuitate finali futura per romanos post edificationem ciuitatis per neemiam et alios.
Under the same Darius, Daniel saw the eighth vision: Gabriel confirming the coming of Christ after 70 weeks of lunar years, and the coming final capitivity by the Romans after the building of the city by Nehemiah and others.

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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)

Octauam uidit sub eodem. gabriele eum certificante de aduen
tu christi. post lxx ebdomades annorum lunarium. et captiuita
te finalj futura per romanos post edificationem ciuitatis per
neemiam. et alios.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Octauam uidit sub eodem gabriele
eum certificante de aduentu christi. post lxx.
ebdomadas annorum lunarium et
captiuitate finali futura per romanos
post edificationem ciuitatis per neemiam
et alios.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Octauam uidit sub eodem gabriele eum
certificante de aduentu christi. post lxxa. edomades annorum
lunarium. et captiuitate finali futura per romanos. post
edificationem ciuitatis per nemiam et alios.

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

Manuscript group GB6

Octauam uidit sub eodem gabriele eum certificante de aduentu christi post
.lxx. ebdomades annorum lunarium et captiuitate finali futura per romanos
post edificationem ciuitatis. per neemiam et alios.


Version 2


Version 3


Version 6


Citation recommendation

On Daniel's Eighth 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-visioOctaua.

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