Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 15254 (P4)

Manuscript: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 15254
Date:1200-1224
Date (source):XIII (premier quart) [Avril / Stirnemann, p. 58]
Origin:Angleterre
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:365 x 250 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 40r-147r: Historia scholastica With Historia actuum apostolorum.
  • 169r-232v: Peter of Poitiers: Allegoriae super tabernaculum Moysis
  • 233r-334r: Joachim of Fiore: Concordia novi ac veteris testamenti
  • 147r-168r: Richard of Saint-Victor: Liber exceptionum siue Allegoriae utriusque testamenti
Diagrams:
  • 3v: Seven-branched candelabrum Precedes Compendium.

Compendium historiae

Folio range:4v-9r
Incipit:Considerans historia 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:4v: Cross-section of the Ark
4v: Cross-section of the Ark
5v: 42 Encampments
5v: 12 Tribes
8r: Plan of Jerusalem
Illustrated medaillons:
Secundo folio:Arphaxathi [4v]
External links:Description: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc75957t
Images: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100353549/f14.item
IIIF-manifest: https://gallica.bnf.fr/iiif/ark:/12148/btv1b100353549/manifest.json
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 15254. 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-15254.

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

Versions

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