Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana, VadSlg Ms 330 (Sg)

Manuscript: St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana, VadSlg Ms 330
Date:1200-1299
Date (source):13. Jahrhundert [Gamper]; XIV Jh. [Scherer, p. 91]
Origin:
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:185 x 130 mm
Selected contents:Diagrams:
  • 412v: Four Modes of the Mass
  • 413v: Seven-branched candelabrum Follows Compendium.
  • 414r: Scripture Diagram
  • 414v: Virtue Diagram with God
  • 415r: Vices Diagram with Devil

Compendium historiae

Folio range:408r-413r
Incipit:Considerantes sacre ystorie prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:interpolated
Graph Version:1
Manuscript Group:IT1
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle and Other Shape
Inscriptions: red for female names, black for male names
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:408r: Cross-sections of the Ark
408r: Cross-sections of the Ark
408r: Cross-sections of the Ark
409r: 42 Encampments
409r: 12 Tribes
412r: Plan of Jerusalem
408r: Sons of Noah
Illustrated medaillons:
Secundo folio:Thare [408r]
External links:Description: https://swisscollections.ch/Record/991170517289905501
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana, VadSlg Ms 330. 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.skv-vadslg-330.

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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