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„Beginning with Adam …“. Names in Peter of Poiters’ Compendium Historiae

Year: 2025

Type: other

Abstract: Sektion 1.1., Montag, 24. Februar, 11:00–12:30 Uhr In the twelfth century Parisian scholar Peter of Poitiers (d. 1205) created a novel visualisation of biblical history in the form of a linear synopsis, the Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi. The sequence of generations from Adam to Christ forms the central chronological axis. The Compendium also presents the lines of biblical kings, judges, and priests, running parallel to the main axis, thus making visible both synchronous and diac...

Source: Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)

DOI: 10.58079/13a1b

Author: Karoline Döring

Language: English

Topic: Medieval Literature and History

Subfield: Classics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6955914769

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