Chronicle of Moissac

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The Chronicle of Moissac or Chronicon Moissiacense is a medieval manuscript in Latin, in which events from the Franconian Empire are recorded according to years . The reporting period extends from 670 to 818. The origin is assumed to be between 800 and 850. The chronicle got its name from an entry in the only surviving manuscript that mentions the former Abbey of St. Pierre in Moissac . An older fragmentary entry mentions the former abbey Psalmodi . The place of origin of the text as well as the manuscript is unknown.

The only surviving manuscript of the Chronicle of Moissac comes from the 11th century and is now in the French National Library in Paris (Cod. Paris. Lat. 4886). The pages with the entries for the years 718 to 775 no longer exist. The MGH edition also only partially reproduces the existing pages. A complete and annotated impression of the Paris manuscript can be found in the appendix to the “ Subsidia Anianensia ” by Walter Kettemann.

In addition to the Reichsannalen , the Lorsch Annals and the Little Lorsch Franconian Chronicle , the author used a lost manuscript, which Walter Kettemann called Annales Benedicti Anianenses (Annals of Benedict von Aniane ) as a template . This annals also served as a template for the Chronicon Anianense, named after the abbey in Aniane . Both the Chronicle from Aniane and the Chronicle from Moissac therefore show great similarities in terms of content.

The Moissac Chronicle is of particular importance for the history of the Carolingian era because, compared to the Reichsannalen or the Lorsch Annals, it contains more precise or otherwise unknown information on some events. This includes reports about the Elbe Slavs or news from Aquitaine , Septimania and the Spanish Mark .

literature

  • Georg Heinrich Pertz a . a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 1: Annales et chronica aevi Carolini. Hanover 1826, pp. 280–313 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  • Georg Heinrich Pertz a . a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 2: Scriptores rerum Sangallensium. Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Carolini. Hanover 1829, pp. 257-259 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  • Walter Kettemann: Subsidia Anianensia. Studies of tradition and textual history on the history of Witiza-Benedict, his Aniane monastery and the so-called "Anian Reform". With commentary editions of the Vita Benedicti Anianensis, Notitia de servitio monasteriorum, the Chronicon Moissiacense / Anianense and two local traditions from Aniane. Dissertation, Duisburg 2000. ( PDF, 10.3 MB )

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