Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 10431 (P5)

Manuscript: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 10431
Date:1235-1246
Date (source):entre 1235/1236 et 1246 [Avril / Stirnemann, p. 73]
Origin:Angleterre
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:245 x 170 mm

Compendium historiae

Folio range:4r-10v
Incipit:Considerans hystorie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:interpolated
Graph Version:
Manuscript Group:
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi absent
Medaillons: Shape: Circle and Other Shape
Inscriptions:
color of inscription: black, names for illustrated medallions in red and blue.
Six Ages emphasized
Adam and Eve: one medallion
Diagrams:8r: Plan of Jerusalem
9r: Kingdoms
6v: Encampments
6v: Tribes
Illustrated medaillons:
Secundo folio:Lamech [4r]
External links:Description: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc72152t
Images: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b525197063
IIIF-manifest: https://gallica.bnf.fr/iiif/ark:/12148/btv1b525197063/manifest.json
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 10431. 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.pbn-lat-10431.

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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