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Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms. 1234 (P13)

Manuscript:	Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms. 1234
Date:	1342-1399
Date (source):	XIVe siècle [Martin, p. 361]; chronicle ends with Bendict XII, d.1342
Origin:	France [EG]
Format and material:	roll , parchment
Dimensions:	8750 x 405 mm
Selected contents:	Diagrams: Seven-branched candelabrum Top of roll. Twelve Articles of the Faith Tree of Life (Bonaventure) Ten commandments Tree of Virtues Tree of Vices Tower of Wisdom Six-winged seraph Cosmological diagram

Compendium historiae

Folio range:	-
Incipit:	Considerans hystorie sacre
Text language:	Latin
Text Version:	long
Graph Version:
Manuscript Group:	FR7
Graph:	Vertically oriented Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons:	Shape: Circle and Other Shape Inscriptions: red for female names, black for male names Six Ages emphasized Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:	Cross-section of the Ark 42 Encampments 12 Tribes Plan of Jerusalem
Illustrated medaillons:	Aaron: Portrait Habakkuk Obadiah Abdo Abdon Abdon Abel Abijah Abiathar Ahimelech Abimelech Abishua Abihud Abraham: Sacrificing Isaac Ahab Ahaz Ahijah Achim Ahimaaz Ahitub Ahitub Ahitub II Adam: Portrait Haggai Elon Ehud Alcimus Alexander the Great Alexander Alexander the Great King Alexander Alexander Alexandra Amariah Amariah II Amaziah Amminadab Amon Amos Omri Andrew Annas Annius Rufus Antigonus II Antigonus I King of Asia Antiochus VII Antiochus IV Epiphanes Antiochus V Eupator Antiochus III the Great Antiochus I Soter Antiochus II Theos Antiochus VI The Adolescent Ram Archelaus Arpachshad King Aristobulus I Arrabon? Arses Artaxerxes I Longimanus Asa Asher Esarhaddon Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes II Athaliah August Caesar Cazael Zerahiah Azariah II Azariah IV Azariah I Azor Baasha Balaam or Elihu Belshazzar Barnabas Bartholomew Baruch Benjamin Ben-Hadad Ben-Hadad Bukki Boaz Cain Kenan Cambyses II or Nebuchadnezzar Cassius Cayphas Ham Coponius Crassus Cyrus II Dan Daniel Darius Darius III Darius II Nothus Cassius David: Playing Harp Deborah Demetrius II Demetrius I Sother Dinah Dyonisius Hezron Eleazar Eleazar Eleazar Eliakim Eliakim or Joiakim Elisaphat Eliud Enoch Enosh Esau Ezra Ibzan Euergetes Amel-Marduk Eve: The Fall Hezekiah Ezekiel Peka Pekahiah Gabinius Gad Gideon Eber Elah Hilkiah Elijah Eliezer Elisha the other Elijah Eli (Priest) Eli (Judge) Smerdis Magus Herod Agrippa I Herod Antipas Herod Ascalonita Esther Hyrcanus II Jabal Jacob Jacob James the Elder James the Less Jaddua Japheth Jair Jared Jehoiakim or Eliakim or Joiakim Jehu Jehu Jephthah Jeremiah Jeroboam II Jeroboam I Birth of Christ: Nativity Crucifixion Christ Child: In the Temple Christ Resurrected: Rising from Tomb Joshua Joshua Joshua or Jason Jehoahaz Jehaohaz Joiakim or Jeconiah Jehoash Jehoash Jotham Job John John the Evangelist John Hyrcanus Joel Johel Jehoiada Jonah Jonathan Jehoram Jehoram Jehoshaphat Jehozadak Joseph Joseph Josiah Joshua Jubal Judah Judah Judah Maccabee Judith Julius Caesar Labashi-Marduk Lamech Levi Luke Malachi Mahalalel Menahem Manasseh Manasseh Manasseh Marcus Mark Miriam Matthathias Assamoneus Matthan Matthew Matthias Methuselah Meraioth Marduk-apla-iddina I Micaiah Micah Moses: Portrait Nahshon Nebuchadnezzar II Nebuchadnezzar II Nahor Nadab Nahum Nebuchadnezzar II Nehemiah Naphtali Noah: In the Vineyard Naamah Ahaziah Ahaziah Ochus Huldah Onias I Onias II Onias III Onias III or Menelaus Hophni and Phinehas Hosea Hoshea Othniel Uzzi Uzziah Uzziel Paul Peter Peleg Perez Philip Philip III King of Macedon Phineas Pul Pompey Pontius Pilate Ptolemy V Epiphanes Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolemy II Philadelphus Ptolemy VI Philometor Ptolemy IV Philopator Ptolemy I Son of Lagus Ptolomeus Rezin son of Remaliah Regusar Reu or Ragau Rehoboam Reuben Zadok Zadok II Zadok Shealtiel Salah or Cainan Shalmaneser V Salmon Salomon Samson Samuel Shamgar Seraiah Sargon II Serug Saul Scaurus Seleucus I Seleucus II Callinicus Seleucus II Callinicus Seleucus IV Philopator Seleucus III Ceraunus Shallum Shallum Shem Shemaiah Sennacherib Seth Sogdianus Zephaniah Sother Simeon Simon II Simon Simon Simon I The Just Tiglath-Pileser Thaddaeus or Jude Terah Tola Thomas Tiberius Tryphon Tubal-Cain Valerius Urijah Xerxes II Xerxes I Isaac Issachar Isai or Jesse Isaiah Ithamar Zebulun Zechariah Zechariah Zechariah Zimri Zedekiah: Portrait Zerubbabel
External links:	Description: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc792664 Images: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b525067595 IIIF-manifest: https://gallica.bnf.fr/iiif/ark:/12148/btv1b525067595/manifest.json Further literature in our Zotero bibliography

Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms. 1234. Foto: Gallica. CC BY 4.0

Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms. 1234. 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.pba-1234.

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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