Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Liverpool, National Museum and Galleries on Merseyside, MS 12017 (Lv)

Manuscript: Liverpool, National Museum and Galleries on Merseyside, MS 12017
Date:1230-1239
Date (source):s. xiii med [Ker, p. 226]; c. 1230-40 [Morgan, p. 127]
Origin:
Format and material:roll, parchment
Dimensions:6706 x 210 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum Romanorum End of roll
Diagrams:
  • Seven-branched candelabrum Top of roll

Compendium historiae

Folio range: -
Incipit:Considerans hystorie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:interpolated
Graph Version:2
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:Cross-section of the Ark
Cross-section of the Ark
42 Encampments
12 Tribes of Israel
12 Tribes of Israel
Illustrated medaillons:
External links:Description: https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/chronicle-rolls-genealogy-of-christ-chronicle-of-popes-and-emperors
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Liverpool, National Museum and Galleries on Merseyside, MS 12017. 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.lnm-12017.

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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