Accession number
MS M.367
Object title
Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi (MS M.367).
Created
Picardy, France, late 13th century.
Binding
Formerly in a brown levant morocco case by Marguerite Duprez Lahey; lettered: Genalogia Jesu Christi. Rolled manuscript French XIII century; now housed in a gray cardboard box.
Credit line
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).
Attributed to Peter of Poitiers (ca. 1130-1205).
Decoration: six circular miniatures, 7 diagrams, 1 large colored drawing (on verso).
Script
compressed textura
Language
Latin and French
Resources
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