Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Napoli, Biblioteca Nazionale, VIII C 3 (N)

Manuscript: Napoli, Biblioteca Nazionale, VIII C 3
Date:1190-1209
Date (source):c. 1200 [Branner, p. 25]; inizio della seconda metà del sec. XIII [Rotili, p. 41]
Origin:
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:330 x 210 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • Bible
Diagrams:
  • 1r: Seven-branched candelabrum Precedes Compendium.
  • 6r: Septenarium Pictum

Compendium historiae

Folio range:1r-5r
Incipit:[...] hystorie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:interpolated
Graph Version:2
Manuscript Group:FR3
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Double
Inscriptions: red for female names, black for male names
Six Ages emphasized
Adam and Eve: one medallion
Diagrams:2v: 42 Encampments
3r: 12 Tribes
Illustrated medaillons:
Secundo folio:Noe [2v]
External links:Description: https://www.mirabileweb.it/manuscript/napoli-biblioteca-nazionale-vittorio-emanuele-iii--manuscript/17045
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Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Napoli, Biblioteca Nazionale, VIII C 3. 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.nbn-viii-c-3.

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