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Klosterneuburg, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 696 (K)

Manuscript: Klosterneuburg, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 696
Date:1195-1204
Date (source):1196-1205 [FAMA]; 13. Jh. [Pfeiffer / Černík, p. 919]; pen-work and Channel Style initials confirm FAMA dating [EG]
Origin:Frankreich
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:355 x 245 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 8v-187r: Historia Scholastica
Diagrams:
  • 1v: Seven-branched candelabrum Precedes Compendium

Compendium historiae

Folio range:2r-7r
Incipit:Considerans hystorie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:short
Graph Version:1
Manuscript Group:FR1
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 the medallions of adam, christus natus, christus puer, christus passus, christus resurgens.
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:3r: 42 Encampments
3r: 12 Tribes
6r: Plan of Jerusalem
Secundo folio:Tha [2r]
External links:Description: http://manuscripta.at/m1/hs_detail.php?ID=901
Images: https://manuscripta.at/diglit/AT5000-696/0008?sid=8fff2acbdd8469f952e029d57f048f01
IIIF-manifest: https://manuscripta.at/diglit/iiif/AT5000-696/manifest.json
Further literature in our Zotero bibliography
[2r]
EveIIIF
AdamIIIF
CainIIIF
AbelIIIF
SethIIIF
IradIIIF
AdahIIIF
NoahIIIF
ShemIIIF
HamIIIF
CushIIIF
EberIIIF
[2v]
TerahIIIF
[part 2]
UzIIIF
BuzIIIF
LotIIIF
MoabIIIF
EsauIIIF
LeahIIIF
LeviIIIF
DanIIIF
GadIIIF
SuaIIIF
ErIIIF
OnanIIIF
JobIIIF
On TamarIIIF
[part 1]
[3r]
On TamarIIIF
[part 2]
RamIIIF
On JoshuaIIIF
[part 1]
EhudIIIF
On AbimelechIIIF
[part 1]
Forty-two Encampments (A), 2 - 3 - 2IIIF
IIIF
[3v]
On AbimelechIIIF
[part 2]
TolaIIIF
JairIIIF
UzziIIIF
ElonIIIF
BoazIIIF
RuthIIIF
ObedIIIF
KishIIIF
NerIIIF
SaulIIIF
[4r]
JoabIIIF
[4v]
IddoIIIF
AsaIIIF
ElahIIIF
OmriIIIF
AhabIIIF
[5r]
JehuIIIF
AmosIIIF
JoelIIIF
PulIIIF
AhazIIIF
SaraIIIF
AmonIIIF
[5v] [6r]
EzraIIIF
Plan of Jerusalem (A), Oblong GatesIIIF
AzorIIIF
[6v]
EliIIIF
[7r]
AnneIIIF
MaryIIIF
PaulIIIF

Klosterneuburg, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 696. Foto: manuscripta. Image rights remain with the library.

2r

Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Klosterneuburg, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 696. 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.kac-696.

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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