Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 445 (Ly)

Manuscript: Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 445
Date:1250-1274
Date (source):XIIIe siècle [Molinier / Desvernay, p. 115]; drittes Viertel des 13. Jahrhunderts [Hranitzky, p. 152]
Origin:St. Florian (?) [Hranitzky]
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:372 x 282 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 9r-213v: Historia scholastica
Diagrams:
  • 1v: Tree of Vices
  • 2r: Windrose
  • 8r: Tree of Virtues
  • 8v: Virtue Vice Arcade

Compendium historiae

Folio range:2r-7v
Incipit:Considerans hystorie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:short
Graph Version:1
Manuscript Group:AT2
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:3v: Encampments
4r: 12 Tribes
6v: Plan of Jerusalem
Secundo folio:Nachor [2v]
External links:Description: https://initiale.irht.cnrs.fr/codex/2363
Images: https://arca.irht.cnrs.fr/ark:/63955/md13mw22x30z
IIIF-manifest: https://api.irht.cnrs.fr/ark:/63955/fkngkcqs2fsc/manifest.json
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 445. 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.lbm-445.

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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