On Daniel's Fifth Vision: Text and Manuscripts

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Quintam uidit uisionem sub eodem de ariete habente cornua imparia, idest regno medorum et persarum, et hyrco , idest alexandro , in eum efferato, cui succrescebant quatuor cornua, idest successores, de quorum uno modicum cornu, idest antiochus epiphanes .

Under the same Belshazzar, Daniel saw the fifth vision of a ram with unequal horns (that is, the kingdoms of the Medes and the Persians) and of a goat (that is, Alexander) brutally attacking him, from which four horns were growing (that is, his successors). From one of these came a small horn (that is, Antiochus Epiphanes).

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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)

Qvintam uidit uisionem sub eodem de ariete habente cornua impa
ria idest regno medorum et persarum et hyrco idest alexandro in eum effe
rato. cui succrescebant. iiijor. cornua idest successores. de quorum u
no modicum cornu idest antiochus epiphanes.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Quintam uidit uisionem sub eodem de ariete
habente cornua imparia. regno medorum et
persarum. et hyrco idest alexandro in eum efferato.
cui succrescebant. iiii. cornua idest
successores de quorum uno modicum
cornum idest antiochus epyphanes.

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

Quintam uidit uisionem sub
eodem de ariete habente cornua imparia idest regno persarum
et medorum. et hirco idest alexandro in eum efferato. cui
succrescebant iiijor. cornua idest successores. de quorum
uno modicum cornu idest antiochus epyphanes.

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

Manuscript group GB3

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

Manuscript group GB6

Quintam uidit uisionem sub eodem de ariete habente cornua! imparia idest regno
medorum et persarum. et hirco idest alexandro in eum efferato. cui succrescebant. iiiior. cor
nua idest successores. De quorum uno
modicum cornu idest Antiochus epi
phanes processit.

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 Fifth 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-visioQuinta.

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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