An Annotated Bibliography of Printed and Online Primary Sources for the Middle Ages
, Chronicon (Early Manuscripts at Oxford University Website. Oxford University, 2000). View Source Online
Text name(s): Chronicon; Interpretatio de Nominibus Gentium
Number of pages of primary source text: 310
Medieval Author(s): Eusebius of Caesarea Jerome
Dates: 800 - 899
Archival Reference: Merton College MS. 315
Original Language(s): German - Middle High German; Latin;
Translation: Original language included.
Translation Comments:
Geopolitical Region(s): Germany;
County/Region: Reichenau
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Record Type(s): Chronicle, Annals Literature - Prose |
Subject Heading(s): Historiography Literature - Devotional Royalty / Monarchs |
Apparatus: Facsimile
Comments:
This manuscript was copied in the ninth century, and attributed by A.C. de la Mare to the scriptorium of the monastery of Reichenau. It may have been taken to Padua by Pietro Donato, bishop of Padua (d. 1447). It was brought to England by John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, between 1459 and 1461. In addition to the Chronicle are: Jerome’s Interpretatio de Nominibus Gentium, Verses in Middle High German, and tables of rulers Extremely high resolution images of every page of the manuscript can be found on the Early Manuscripts at Oxford University Website.
Introduction Summary:
Cataloger: MK