On Daniel's Fourth Vision: Text and Manuscripts

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Quartam uisionem uidit sub balthasar de quatuor uentis, idest angelis, et quatuor bestiis , leone, urso, pardo, apro, idest quatuor regnis , et decem cornibus, idest decem regnis de quarta bestia procedentibus, a modico cornu, idest antichristo , subiciendis positis, in aduentu christi bestiis interfectis.

Under Belshazzar, Daniel saw the fourth vision of the four winds (that is, angels), the four beasts – the lion, bear, leopard, and wild boar (that is, the four kingdoms) – , and the ten horns (that is, the ten kingdoms) proceeding from the four beasts with a little horn (that is, the Antichrist) subduing them. At Christ's coming he killed the beasts.

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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)

Quartam uisionem uidit sub balthasar. de iiijor. uentis idest angelis.
et quatuor bestijs. leone. urso. pardo. apro. idest iiijor regnis. et x. cor
nibus idest x. regnis de quarta bestia procedentibus a modico cornu.
idest antichristo subiciendis. positis in aduentu christi bestijs interfectis.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Quartam usionem uidit sub balta
sar. de iiii. uentis. uel angelis. et iiii.
bestiis idest leone. urso. pardo. apro.
idest quatuor regnis. et x. cornibus idest x.
regnis. de quarta bestia precedentibus
a modico cornu idest antichristo subiciendis
positis in aduentu christi. bestiis interfectis.

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

Quartam uisionem
uidit sub balthasar de iiiior. uentis idest angelis. et iiiior. be
stus. leone. urso. pardo. apro. idest iiii. regnis. et x. cor
nibus. et x. regnis. de quarta bestia procedentibus. a modi
co cornu idest antichristo subitiendis. positis in aduentu
christi bestiis interfectis.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Quartam uisionem uidit sub balthasar de .iiiior. uentis idest angelis
et .iiiior. bestiis. leone. urso. pardo. apro idest regnis .iiii. et x. reg
nis. de .iiii. bestia procedentibus. a modico cornu idest antichristo subiciendis. posi
tis in aduentu christi bestiis interfectis.

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 3

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 83 (C3)

Manuscript group GB2

Version 6

Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. Apel 1 (Le1)

Manuscript group NL1

Citation recommendation

On Daniel's Fourth 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-visioQuarta.

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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