Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Chicago, Newberry Library, MS 22.1 (Ch)

Manuscript: Chicago, Newberry Library, MS 22.1
Date:1200-1224
Date (source):approximately 1200 [online catalogue]; early thirteenth century [Saenger, p. 39]
Origin:France [Saenger]; Austria [EG]
Format and material:roll, parchment
Dimensions:2110 x 360 mm

Compendium historiae

Folio range: -
Incipit:Considerans sacre historie prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:long
Graph Version:
Manuscript Group:
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi absent
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Double
Inscriptions:
color of inscription: black. red for six ages.
Six Ages emphasized
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:42 Enampments
12 Tribes
Plan of Jerusalem
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Chicago, Newberry Library, MS 22.1. 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.cnl-22.

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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