Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

a research platform and edition

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 12449 (W12)

Manuscript: Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 12449
Date:1460-1479
Date (source):7. Jahrzehnt 15. Jh. [Haltrich / Stieglecker (Wasserzeichenbefund, manuscripta.at)]; 1475 [Ridder, p. 112]
Origin:Süddeutschland ?
Format and material:codex, paper
Dimensions:315 x 215 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 1r-13v: Honorius Augustodunensis: Imago mundi
  • 150r-234v: Jean de Mandeville: Itinerarium
Diagrams:
  • 24r: David Genealogy

Compendium historiae

Folio range:14v-24v
Incipit:Considerans hystorie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:long
Graph Version:
Manuscript Group:
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi absent
Medaillons: Shape: Only other Shape
Inscriptions:
color of inscription: all black, names on linea christi with red initials.
Adam and Eve:
Secundo folio:Mathusale [14v]
External links:Description: https://search.onb.ac.at/permalink/f/sb7jht/ONB_alma21303614160003338
Images: https://viewer.onb.ac.at/10B7D488
IIIF-manifest: https://api.onb.ac.at/iiif/presentation/v3/manifest/10B7D488
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 12449. 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.won-12449.

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