Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 14435 (P)

Manuscript: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 14435
Date:1200-1299
Date (source):ca. 1200 [Ouy, p. 44]
Origin:
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:335 x 230 mm
Selected contents:Diagrams:
  • 141v: Seven-branched candelabrum Full page, following the Compendium, no inscriptions.

Compendium historiae

Folio range:136r-141v
Incipit:Considerans scripture sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:short
Graph Version:1
Manuscript Group:
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Double
Inscriptions: red for female names, black for male names
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:137r: 42 Encampments
137r: 12 Tribes
140r: Plan of Jerusalem
Secundo folio:Tha [136r]
External links:Description: http://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc75189j
Images: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9066760h/f137.item.zoom
IIIF-manifest: https://gallica.bnf.fr/iiif/ark:/12148/btv1b9066760h/manifest.json
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 14435. 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-14435.

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