Comparison Notes Between Gen49 and Vadslg298

This page contains notes detailing the differences between the two manuscripts. These notes cover topics such as formatting and text content.

##First Olympiad

• The headers on CodVad 43-44 and Gen on 68-69 differ greatly

• The Egyptians heading into the first olympiad differ by a year, but after the CodVad repeat the IIII after the Olympiad, it proceeds to differ by 2 years

• In the Corinthian column, the CodVad does not mention that the Corinthian kings have fallen and that Ardisus of the Lydians have taken over, rather the CodVad saves the regnal announcement for the third year of his rule.

• When calculating the number of years from the fall of Troy to the first Olympiad, CodVad reports 406 but notes others have 405. Gen49 reports 406 but notes others have 405. The alternative is introduced by al'

##Egyptians in the first 11 olympiads

The Egyptians under the rule of Bocchoris differ by one year going into the first olympiad with 5 appearing in Geneva and 4 appearing in CodVad. Immediately following the first olympiad, CodVad repeats the 4 while Geneva moves on to 6, so they differed by 2 years. However, CodVad skips the 12th year of Bocchoris, when moving in between 44r and 44v, bringing the two mansucripts back to one year away. Then in the row after the 45th year of Bocchoris's rule, Gen49 on 72r replaces the space where a number would be with an explanation of Bocchoris's fall to Sabachon, implying that the activity happened over the course of a year, and then includes the regnal announcement in the following row. CodVad, on the other hand, on 46r puts the regnal announcement immediately after Bocchoris's 45th year, excluding the text about Sabachon, thus syncing up the two chronologies. ##Romulus The years listed for the rule of Romulus is different for each manuscript, with Gen49 stating that he ruled for 37 years and codvad stating that he ruled for 38 years. Gen49 has a separate year set aside for the year between rulers, so the regnal years, with the exception of the Egyptians, are synced up during the first rule of Numa Pompilius.

##First Exile Gen49 specifically states that isreal is captured in hebraeorum israel column, then has regnal row in column saying it is destroyed. In Gen49 the text color/ formatting about exile appears to be similar to that of hebreorum iuda column, while in codvad the text color/ formatting about exile appears to be similar to that of both hebreorum israel and iuda columns (strategically spaced?). Following the exile, the Romanorum header is written in larger text and is shifted to further down the page.

##Fall of the Athenian Kings Fall of Athenian Kings on verso for Gen49, recto for Vadslg298 "principes" occurs twice in Gen49, has "nouem" modifying second instance; Vadslg298 does not number the archons

##Rise of the Persians Gen49: 82v Vadslg298 52v Gen49 signposts the destruction of the Median Kingdom with "MEDORVM. REGNVM DEFICIT." in large font and also non-regnal text in 55_1 explaining Cyrus' victory over Astyages. Vadslg298 only has the regnal text. Rule of Cyrus in its own regnal row for Gen49, positioned vertically next to indicators for fall of Medes and rise of Persians (Olympiad 55_r1), The non-regnal text in 55_1 for Gen49 does not appear in Vadslg298; instead, the fall of the Medes is mentioned in 55_r1 Text content for the end of the exile same between manuscripts End of Exile and computations for duration of exile in same cell as different paragraphs in Gen49, but Vadslg298 puts them in different rows Computations (Colligut - ani.Lxx.) placed in Olympiad 58_1 in Vadslg298 Despite formating differences, the text content that introduces the prophet Haggai is similar between the two manuscripts The name "Salathiel" in Gen49 is spelled "Salachiel" in Vadslg298

Babylonian Captivity

Gen49 explicitly announces capture of the Hebrews, whereas codvad only includes text block (nearly the same for both manuscripts). Codvad includes the destruction of the Corinthian monarchy and the origin of the name for tragedies among the text describing the exile, while Gen49 includes that information as text in a normal cell in the Romanorum column.

##Fall of the Lydians Less ornate in the codvad than in gen49. There is some text probably intended for the Roman row (listed in the Persain row in gen49) listed in the previous Lydian row due to a lack of space in the codvad. Once again, gen49 explicitly says the kingdom is destroyed aside from the text, whereas the column simply ends in the codvad.

##Death of Alexander and Rule of the Diadochi Both appear on a verso folio (92v in Gen49 and 57v in Vadslg298) In Gen49, The Death of Alexander and beginning of the Ptolemaic Empire are both designated as regnal text, whereas only the beginning of the Ptolemaic Empire is considered regnal in Vadslg298. In Gen49, the regnal text on the Death of Alexander is wrapped around a circular graphic that signposts the beginning of Ptolemaic rule; in Vadslg298, the regnal for the Ptolemies is below the death of Alexander. The beginning of the Seleucid Empire and the reign of Seleucus Nicanor are both signposted with regnal text in Gen49 on 92v, but Vadslg298 first mentions Seleucus incidentally on 58r, without establishing his kingdom with regnal text first. Likewise, in Olympiad 94_1 in Vadslg298, there is mention of Lysimachus holding the Hellespont and Thrace, while Gen49 makes no mention of Lysimachus, mentioning in Olympiad 97_2 that Lysimachia was founded in Thrace but not mentioning Lysimachus himself. In Olympiad 94_4 in both manuscripts, a series of authors are acknowledged. In both manuscripts, Menander is associated with a Greek literary work; Gen49 provided the title of this work in Greek, but Vadslg298 has a blank space where the title should be, marked only with a superscript saying "grecu(m)."

##End of Captivity, Fall of Egyptians and Beginning of Republic

Formatting differs for the end of the Egyptians, end of the capitvity, and the end of the Roman kings, but in terms of years and text almost everything is identical except for the follow three examples.

• In the description of the rebuilding of the temple, Geneva states that the building took 4 years, while the codvad states it was in its 40th year.

• In discussing the beginning of the republic, Geneva states that Rome ruled to the 5th milestone, while codvad says the 15th.

• The codvad says the Aeginete ruled the sea for 20 years, while the Geneva says 25.

##Aliter's

What follows is a list of the appearances of aliter to denote differences in the Geneva manuscript followed by the corresponding text in the St. Gallen MS:

• In 44_4 on 79v-80r of Geneva, the text reads "veniens ad italiam" with the alternative, "al in babyloniam duxit". In the St. Gallen MS on 50v-51r, in 45_1, it reads "veniens ad iudeam".

• In 55_r1 on 82v of Geneva, the text reads "ad X" with the alternative, "al xx". In the St. Gallen MS on 52v in 58_1 it reads "ad x".

• In 65_1 on 86r of Geneva, the text reads "hipparchum" with the alternative, "al hippiam". In the St. Gallen MS on 53v in 63_1 it reads "hyipacum".

• In 77_4 on 87v of Geneva, the text reads "athenis" with the alternative, "al Atheos". In the St. Gallen on 55r in the Olympiad 78 row it reads "atheus" with its own alternative "al athenis".

• In 83_1 on 88r of Geneva, the text reads "consulibus" with the alternative "al Decemurirs". In the St. Gallen on 55v in the Olympiad 83 row it reads "consulibus".

What follows is a list of the appearances of aliter to denote differences in the Geneva manuscript followed by the corresponding text in the St. Gallen MS:

• In 60_1 on 52v of St. Gallen, the text reads "zenophanes" with the alternative "al xenophanes". In Geneva on 83v in 60_1 it reads "Theophanes".

• In 84_2 on 55v of St. Gallen, the text reads "pythagoras" with the alternative "al prothagoras". In Geneva on 88v in 84_2 "protagoras".