Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod. theol. et phil. 2° 100 (St1)

Manuscript: Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod. theol. et phil. 2° 100
Date:1462
Date (source):um 1462 [Metzger]
Origin:Regensburg
Format and material:codex, paper
Dimensions:307 x 215 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 4r-27v: Honorius Augustodunensis: Imago mundi
  • 355r-374r: Andreas of Regensburg: Chronica de principibus Bavariae Emperors and kings, including Charlemagne, Ottonians, and Kings of Bohemia and Austria, also with medaillons interspersed in text.
  • 120r-241r: Martin of Opava: Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum Romanorum
Diagrams:
  • 39v: David Genealogy with the label "Arbor beatae virginis marie et joseph"; diagram that starts with David, connects to Este square and shows how both Maria and Joseph relate to David.
  • 3r: Cosmological diagram with the label "Globus mundi"; T-O map that is also a cosmological diagram (has the elemental spheres, planets, and celestical spheres, until coelum empireum).
  • 3v: World map

Compendium historiae

Folio range:28r-39v
Incipit:Considerans historiae sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:short
Graph Version:
Manuscript Group:
Graph:Horizontally oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Only
Inscriptions:
color of inscription: all black.
Six Ages emphasized
Adam and Eve: one medallion
Diagrams:30r: Cross-section of the Ark
30r: Cross-section of the Ark
32v: 42 Encampments
32r: 12 Tribes
37r: Plan of Jerusalem
Illustrated medaillons:
Secundo folio:Malaleel [28v]
External links:Description: https://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/HSP00046ABE00000000
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod. theol. et phil. 2° 100. 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.swl-theol-phil-2-100.

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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