MONARCHUS PADUANUS. Chronicon Marchiae Tarvisinae et Lombardiae , in Latin, MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER [northern Italy, 15th century] Chancery 2° (268 x 198mm). 61 leaves of which the title-page, 2 replacement folios, 27 and 43, and the final 8 leaves, including 2 blanks are 17th-century insertions, 15th-century leaves with ink foliation in arabic numerals, 22-28 long lines written in a small semi-gothic, semi-cursive hand in brown ink, rubrics and two-line initials in pink, text capitals touched in pink (spotting and some water-staining to 15th-century leaves, repair to lower outer corner of f.42, strengthening of faded text). 19th-century parchment-backed boards, modern black morocco box. PROVENANCE: 1.Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford (1766-1827): his bookplate inside upper cover 2.Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872): his no. 6052 on spine label ( The Phillipps Manuscripts , ed. A.N.L. Munby, reprint ed., London 1968) CONTENTS The main text of this manuscript (ff.1-52v) chronicles the most significant events, particularly for northern Italy and Padua, that occurred between 1207 and 1270. On the basis of a reference to a dormitory annexed to the church of Sta Giustina in Padua as 'dormitorium nostrum' and reports of events concerning the abbots and administration of the monastery of Sta Guistina, the author is commonly assumed to be a monk from the Benedictine monastery that had existed there from the 8th century. The chronicler not only records events of widespread importance, such as Innocent III crowning Otto of Brunswick emperor at the gates of Rome in 1209 and then excommunicating him when he showed no enthusiasm for supporting the Pope against Frederick II of Germany, but also events of more local concern such as the cruelty of the 'perfidus' Ezzelino da Romano when he was imperial vicar in Padua from 1237-56. Besides historical events the author also describes more naturalistic occurrences including the comet of 1222, the eclipse of the sun in 1264 and the severe winter of 1234. Strangely, this last item is followed by an out-of-sequence paragraph recording the visit to Italy of Charles IV, here described as emperor-elect, the son of John of Bohemia, when he received the iron crown of Lombardy and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome. This took place in 1355, but is dated 1460, presumably a slip for 1360. It seems probable that in the exemplum the hard winter was placed in 1355, but the copyist recorded it under 1234 in this manuscript and then moved straight into the account of Charles's journey and coronation. This chronicle was first published in C. Urstisius, Germaniae historicorum illustrium (Frankfurt, 1585). L.A. Botteghi, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores , VIII/3 (1916), cites three manuscript copies, one in Paris (Bibl. de l'Arsenal), one in Milan (Bibl. Ambrosiana) and one in Padua. It is to the last that the present manuscript is most closely related. In the 17th century the manuscript was restored, two pages were replaced and rewritten and an additional section of six folios added. This section -- headed 'MANTISSA' -- begins with a section succintly summarising the history of Padua from its foundation by Antenor of Troy; from 1171 the perspective sometimes broadens and includes, for example, the confirmation of the Dominican Order in 1206, and Petrarch receiving the laurel crown in Rome in 1331. One of the latest Paduan events mentioned was the removal in 1413 of the lead capsule containing the bones of Titus Livy from Sta Giustina to the west wall of the Palazzo Grande. The latest year mentioned is 1424.
MONARCHUS PADUANUS. Chronicon Marchiae Tarvisinae et Lombardiae , in Latin, MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER [northern Italy, 15th century] Chancery 2° (268 x 198mm). 61 leaves of which the title-page, 2 replacement folios, 27 and 43, and the final 8 leaves, including 2 blanks are 17th-century insertions, 15th-century leaves with ink foliation in arabic numerals, 22-28 long lines written in a small semi-gothic, semi-cursive hand in brown ink, rubrics and two-line initials in pink, text capitals touched in pink (spotting and some water-staining to 15th-century leaves, repair to lower outer corner of f.42, strengthening of faded text). 19th-century parchment-backed boards, modern black morocco box. PROVENANCE: 1.Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford (1766-1827): his bookplate inside upper cover 2.Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872): his no. 6052 on spine label ( The Phillipps Manuscripts , ed. A.N.L. Munby, reprint ed., London 1968) CONTENTS The main text of this manuscript (ff.1-52v) chronicles the most significant events, particularly for northern Italy and Padua, that occurred between 1207 and 1270. On the basis of a reference to a dormitory annexed to the church of Sta Giustina in Padua as 'dormitorium nostrum' and reports of events concerning the abbots and administration of the monastery of Sta Guistina, the author is commonly assumed to be a monk from the Benedictine monastery that had existed there from the 8th century. The chronicler not only records events of widespread importance, such as Innocent III crowning Otto of Brunswick emperor at the gates of Rome in 1209 and then excommunicating him when he showed no enthusiasm for supporting the Pope against Frederick II of Germany, but also events of more local concern such as the cruelty of the 'perfidus' Ezzelino da Romano when he was imperial vicar in Padua from 1237-56. Besides historical events the author also describes more naturalistic occurrences including the comet of 1222, the eclipse of the sun in 1264 and the severe winter of 1234. Strangely, this last item is followed by an out-of-sequence paragraph recording the visit to Italy of Charles IV, here described as emperor-elect, the son of John of Bohemia, when he received the iron crown of Lombardy and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome. This took place in 1355, but is dated 1460, presumably a slip for 1360. It seems probable that in the exemplum the hard winter was placed in 1355, but the copyist recorded it under 1234 in this manuscript and then moved straight into the account of Charles's journey and coronation. This chronicle was first published in C. Urstisius, Germaniae historicorum illustrium (Frankfurt, 1585). L.A. Botteghi, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores , VIII/3 (1916), cites three manuscript copies, one in Paris (Bibl. de l'Arsenal), one in Milan (Bibl. Ambrosiana) and one in Padua. It is to the last that the present manuscript is most closely related. In the 17th century the manuscript was restored, two pages were replaced and rewritten and an additional section of six folios added. This section -- headed 'MANTISSA' -- begins with a section succintly summarising the history of Padua from its foundation by Antenor of Troy; from 1171 the perspective sometimes broadens and includes, for example, the confirmation of the Dominican Order in 1206, and Petrarch receiving the laurel crown in Rome in 1331. One of the latest Paduan events mentioned was the removal in 1413 of the lead capsule containing the bones of Titus Livy from Sta Giustina to the west wall of the Palazzo Grande. The latest year mentioned is 1424.
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