Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Edinburgh, University Library, Ms. 18 (Ed)

Manuscript: Edinburgh, University Library, Ms. 18
Date:1200-1299
Date (source):Cent. xiii [Borland, p. 23]
Origin:
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:305 x 220 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 12r-115r: Historia scholastica

Compendium historiae

Folio range:1r-5v
Incipit:Considerans hystorie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:interpolated
Graph Version:1
Manuscript Group:GB3
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Only
Inscriptions:
color of inscription: red and blue inscriptions alternating.
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:1r: Cross-section of the Ark
1r: Cross-section of the Ark
1r: Cross-section of the Ark
2r: 42 Encampments
2r: 12 Tribes
5r: Plan of Jerusalem
Secundo folio:Tha [1r]
External links:Description: https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/141243
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Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Edinburgh, University Library, Ms. 18. 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.eul-18-db-i-5.

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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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