Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 117 (D)

Manuscript: Dublin, Trinity College, MS 117
Date:1200-1249
Date (source):s. xiv [Fagel / Abbott, p. 15]; 1200-1249 [Trinity College]
Origin:
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:231 x 160 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 129r-167v: Liber exceptionum siue Allegoriae utriusque testamenti by Richard of Saint-Victor

Compendium historiae

Folio range:109r-115r
Incipit:Considerans historie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:short
Graph Version:
Manuscript Group:
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Only
Inscriptions: red for female names, black for male names
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:110r: Cross-section of the Ark
110r: Cross-section of the Ark
110r: Cross-section of the Ark
111r: 42 Encampments
111r: 12 Tribes
114r: Plan of Jerusalem
Illustrated medaillons:
Secundo folio:Nacor [110r]
External links:Description: https://library.catalogue.tcd.ie/record=b20677170
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Dublin, Trinity College, MS 117. 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.dtc-117.

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  • 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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