Compendium historiae

Accession number: 
MS M.367
Title: 
Compendium historiae
Created: 
Picardy, France, late 13th century.
Binding: 
Brown levant morocco case by Marguerite Duprez Lahey; lettered: Genalogia Jesu Christi. Rolled manuscript French XIII century.
Credit: 
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Description: 
1 roll, bound : vellum, ill. ; 5150 x 180 mm
Provenance: 
Number 12 in an old French collection; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from J. Martini in 1909. J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes: 

Ms. written and illuminated in France, probably Picardy, late 13th century.
Attributed to Peter of Poitiers (ca. 1130-1205).
Decoration: six circular miniatures, 7 diagrams, 1 large colored drawing (on verso).

Variant Title: 

Title on case: Genealogia Jesu Christi

Script: 
compressed textura
Language: 
Latin and French
Century: 
Classification: