Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 2660 (M5)

Manuscript: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 2660
Date:1300-1324
Date (source):frühes 14. Jahrhundert [Hernad, p. 77]
Origin:Aldersbach
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:440 x 315 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 191v-217v: Historia actuum apostolorum
Diagrams:
  • 1r: Windrose
  • 7r: Tree of Virtues
  • 7v: Virtue Vice Arcade

Compendium historiae

Folio range:1r-7v
Incipit:Considerans historie 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
color of inscription: some additonal names in red: abiel, saul, david, salomon, alexander
Six Ages emphasized
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:2v: 42 Encampments
3r: 12 Tribes
5v: Plan of Jerusalem
Secundo folio:Nachor [1v]
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München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 2660. Foto: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. PDM 1.0

Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 2660. 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.mbb-clm-2660.

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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  • Last Update/Current Version: 2026-05-19