Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd. 1.16 (C1)

Manuscript: Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd. 1.16
Date:1180-1199
Date (source):Fourth quarter of the 12th century [Freeman]; s. xii [Binksi / Zutshi, p. 65]
Origin:England (?)
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:415 x 280 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 7r-249v: Historia scholastica
  • 249v-285r: Liber exceptionum

Compendium historiae

Folio range:1r-6v
Incipit:Considerans hystorie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:interpolated
Graph Version:2
Manuscript Group:
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Only
Inscriptions: red for female names, black for male names
color of inscription: red for moyses, christus natus, christus puer, christus passus, christus resurgens.
Six Ages emphasized
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:1r: Cross-section of the Ark
1r: Cross-section of the Ark
2r: 42 Encampments
2r: 12 Tribes
4v: Plan of Jerusalem
Illustrated medaillons:
Secundo folio:Saruc [1r]
External links:Description: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DD-00001-00016/13
Images: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DD-00001-00016/13
IIIF-manifest: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-DD-00001-00016
Further literature in our Zotero bibliography

Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd. 1.16. Foto: Cambridge University Digital Library. CC BY-NC 4.0

Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd. 1.16. 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.cul-dd-1-16.

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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