Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15.11 (F1)

Manuscript: Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15.11
Date:1200-1209
Date (source):1200-1210 [Stirnemann p. 306]
Origin:
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:240 x 330 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 13r-414r: Bible Fol. 2r-4r: prologue by Jerome.
Diagrams:
  • 11v: Seven-branched candelabrum Follows Compendium.

Compendium historiae

Folio range:5v-11r
Incipit:Considerans hystorie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:interpolated
Graph Version:2
Manuscript Group:FR3
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Double
Inscriptions: red for female names, black for male names
color of inscription: blue for adam, alternating red and blue letters for christus natus, christus purer, christus passus and christus resurgens.
Six Ages emphasized
Adam and Eve: one medallion
Diagrams:5v: Cross-section of the Ark
5v: Cross-section of the Ark
6v: 42 Encampments
7r: 12 Tribes
9v: Plan of Jerusalem
Illustrated medaillons:
Secundo folio:Noe [5v]
External links:Description: https://tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/plutei/id/302200/rec/1
Images: https://tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/plutei/id/302200/rec/1
IIIF-manifest: https://tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/plutei:303023/manifest.json
Further literature in our Zotero bibliography
[5v]
CainIIIF
AbelIIIF
SethIIIF
IradIIIF
AdahIIIF
Cross-section of the Ark (A), Three LevelsIIIF
NoahIIIF
Cross-section of the Ark (B), Five LevelsIIIF
[6r]
ShemIIIF
HamIIIF
CushIIIF
EberIIIF
UzIIIF
BuzIIIF
LotIIIF
MoabIIIF
On JacobIIIF
[part 1]
[6v]
EsauIIIF
On JacobIIIF
[part 2]
LeahIIIF
LeviIIIF
DanIIIF
GadIIIF
SuaIIIF
ErIIIF
OnanIIIF
JobIIIF
RamIIIF
Forty-two Encampments (A), 2 - 3 - 2IIIF
[7r]
EhudIIIF
Twelve Tribes (D), SquareIIIF
TolaIIIF
JairIIIF
ElonIIIF
[7v]
UzziIIIF
BoazIIIF
RuthIIIF
KishIIIF
NerIIIF
ObedIIIF
SaulIIIF
On DavidIIIF
[part 1]
JoabIIIF
[8r]
On DavidIIIF
[part 2]
IddoIIIF
AsaIIIF
ElahIIIF
OmriIIIF
AhabIIIF
On AhabIIIF
[part 1]
On AhabIIIF
[part 2]
[8v]
JehuIIIF
AmosIIIF
JoelIIIF
PulIIIF
AhazIIIF
SaraIIIF
AmonIIIF
[9r]
EzraIIIF
[9v]
Plan of Jerusalem (C), Three or More Inner RingsIIIF
AzorIIIF
[10r]
EliIIIF
[10v] [11r]
AnneIIIF
MaryIIIF
PaulIIIF

Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15.11. Image rights remain with the library.

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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15.11. 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.fbm-plut-15-11.

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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