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Holofernes

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Assyrian general who fought under Nebuchadnezzar, as recounted in the Book of Judith

Names

  • Latin: Holofernes 1-2
  • Syriac: ܐܠܦܪܢܐ = ʾLPRΝʾ 3

Attributes

  • Male

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Event DescriptionDate
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion1 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce2 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian3 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Holofernes: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VI 3. 4 bis. [Latin].
  • 2Holofernes: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 31. [Latin].
  • 3Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 67 [Syriac].
    • Olophernès: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 103; III, 150 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Holofernes” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/14992.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Margaret Gaida: abstract and gender assignment and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Laurel Kenner: Wikipedia matching
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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