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SUMMARY:Rolling back the Years: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae i
 n genealogia Christi at the Rylands
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DESCRIPTION:Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi
 \, a genealogy of the history of Christ composed in the late twelfth cen
 tury\, is an example of a diagrammatic chronicle depicting the ancestral
  predecessors of Christ\, interspersed with schematic illustrations or p
 ictures of key events from the Old and New Testaments. Often copied on p
 archment rolls\, the work was intended to be an accessible resource for 
 'poor clerics' and preachers. It became very popular\, existing in varia
 nt versions in over a hundred medieval manuscripts. In this session I wi
 ll discuss the content and provenance of the two copies of the text pres
 ent in the collection of the John Rylands Library\, placing them within 
 a broader medieval tradition of the use of visual techniques for the rep
 resentation and recollection of information. I will also illustrate how 
 these manuscripts acted as a locus for the addition of other elements ex
 traneous to  the text – such as extra diagrams and short mnemonic verses
  – additions that reinforced the functionality of the manuscripts as rep
 ositories of theological learning.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Christie Room\, John Rylands Research Institute and Library\, 15
 0 Deansgate\, Manchester\, Gtr Manchester\, M3 3EH
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