Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae

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Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 1548 (W4)

Manuscript: Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 1548
Date:1200-1299
Date (source):XIII Jahrhundert [Hermann, p. 33]
Origin:Westdeutschland
Format and material:codex, parchment
Dimensions:283-284 x 180-200 mm
Selected contents:Texts:
  • 18r-24r: List of Emperors and Popes
  • 24v-26v: List of Archbishops of Cologne
Diagrams:
  • 10r: Tree of Heart's Joy in God
  • 10v: Eight Beatitudes
  • 11r: Gate of the Soul
  • 17v: Six-winged seraph
  • 1v: Cosmological diagram
  • 2r: Tower of Wisdom
  • 2v: Twelve Councils of Christ
  • 3r: Tree of Virtues
  • 3v: Six-winged seraph
  • 4r: Tree of Vices
  • 4v: Ten commandments
  • 5r: Passions of Christ
  • 5v: Twelve articles of Faith
  • 6r: Tree of Wisdom
  • 6v-7r: Tree of Life
  • 7v: Hierarchy of Angels
  • 8r: Tripartite Soul
  • 8v: Divisions of Philosophy
  • 9r: Wheel of sevens
  • 9v: Tree of Love for God

Compendium historiae

Folio range:12r-17v
Incipit:Considerans historie sacre prolixitatem
Text language:Latin
Text Version:short
Graph Version:1
Manuscript Group:
Graph:Vertically oriented
Linea Christi present, centered
Medaillons: Shape: Circle Only
Inscriptions: red for female names, black for male names
Adam and Eve: two medallions
Diagrams:13r: 42 Encampments
13r: 12 Tribes
16r: Plan of Jerusalem
17v: Cross-section of the Ark
Secundo folio:Thare [3r]
External links:Description: https://search.onb.ac.at/permalink/f/sb7jht/ONB_alma21303511350003338
Images: https://viewer.onb.ac.at/10011C1F
IIIF-manifest: https://api.onb.ac.at/iiif/presentation/v3/manifest/10011C1F
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Citation recommendation

Eleanor Goerss (manuscript description) (ed.): Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 1548. 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-1548.

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