Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, Ms. WettF 26:7 (Aa1)

Manuscript: Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, Ms. WettF 26:7
Date:1398-1424
Date (source):1398; 1. Viertel des 15. Jahrhunderts [Datierung 7r am Rand 1398] [Bretscher-Gisiger / Gamper, p. 139]
Origin:
Format and material:codex, paper
Dimensions:295 x 210 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 1r-7r: Alexander de Villa Dei: Summarium biblicum
  • 36r-82r: Rudolf of Biberach: De septem itineribus aeternitatis
Diagrams:
  • 8r: Seven-branched candelabrum Embedded within Compendium after first page of text

Compendium historiae

Folio range:7v-27r
Incipit:Considerans historie sancte prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:long
Graph Version:
Manuscript Group:FR7
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Only
Inscriptions:
color of inscription: all black.
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:10r: Cross-section of the Ark
10r: Cross-section of the Ark
Illustrated medaillons:
Secundo folio:Noe [9v]
External links:Description: https://swisscollections.ch/Record/991170516271905501
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, Ms. WettF 26:7. In: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae: a research platform and edition, ed. by Andrea Worm, et al., Graz: 2025. https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:chigc.akb-wettf-26-7.

Credits

  • Data modeling, data curation and web development: Roman Bleier, Sina Krottmaier and Jakob Sonnberger
  • Manuscript description: Eleanor Goerss (supervision) and Katharina Bauer
  • Bibliography: Maria Streicher
  • Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
  • Mercator Fellows: Laura Cleaver and Franz Fischer

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