Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

London, British Library, Royal MS 1 B X (L17)

Manuscript: London, British Library, Royal MS 1 B X
Date:1425-1449
Date (source):second quarter of the fifteenth century [Scott, p. 87]; XIVth cent. [Warner / Gilson, p. 12]
Origin:England, S. E. (London or Sheen Priory, Surrey?)
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:290 x 210 mm
Selected contents:Diagrams:
  • 1r: Division of Philosophy
  • 1v: Mary Genealogy
  • 2r: Ten commandments
  • 2v: Twelve Articles of Faith
  • 3r: Passions of Christ
  • 5v: Tree of Virtues
  • 6r: Six-winged seraph
  • 6v: Tree of Vices

Compendium historiae

Folio range:8r-33v
Incipit:Considerans historie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:long
Graph Version:
Manuscript Group:
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Only
Inscriptions: red for female names, black for male names
Six Ages emphasized
Adam and Eve: one medallion
Diagrams:27v: Plan of Jerusalem
Other illustrations:
Secundo folio:Seth [8r]
External links: Further literature in our Zotero bibliography
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): London, British Library, Royal MS 1 B X. 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.lbl-roy-1-b-x.

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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