Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Princeton, Princeton University Library, Princeton MS 244 (Pn1)

Manuscript: Princeton, Princeton University Library, Princeton MS 244
Date:1340-1359
Date (source):ca. 1350 [Princeton]
Origin:Italy
Format and material:roll, parchment
Dimensions:710 x 370 mm

Compendium historiae

Folio range: -
Incipit:Considerans sacre hystoriae prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:long
Graph Version:
Manuscript Group:FR8
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle and Other Shape
Inscriptions: red for female names, black for male names
color of inscription: names for six ages medallions (adam, noah, abraham) in red
Six Ages emphasized
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:Cross-section of the Ark
Cross-section of the Ark
Other illustrations:
Secundo folio: [Folio]
External links:Description: https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99100363283506421
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Princeton, Princeton University Library, Princeton MS 244. 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.pul-244.

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  • 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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