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Chronicon Casauriense

Chronicon Casauriense – Amministrazione Provinciale dell'Aquila – Latin 5411 – Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, France)

Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria (Italy) — End of the 12th century

Legal documents and monastic history: Johannes Berardus' illuminated cartulary chronicle of the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria with around 40 remarkable pen-and-ink drawings of emperors, kings, abbots, and monks

  1. The manuscript was commissioned at the end of the 12th century by Abbot Leonas and compiled by Johannes Berardus

  2. The cartulary chronicle combines deeds of the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria with a narrative chronicle of its history

  3. The texts are accompanied by around 40 delicate pen-and-ink drawings depicting the emperors, kings, bishops, abbots, and monks mentioned therein

Chronicon Casauriense

Latin 5411 Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, France)
Chronicon Casauriense – Amministrazione Provinciale dell'Aquila – Latin 5411 – Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, France)
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Chronicon Casauriense

Cartulary chronicles are among the most intriguing and rare sources from the European Middle Ages. They combine copies of documents on legal issues and properties with narrative, historiographical passages. One of the most significant surviving examples of this special type of manuscript is the Chronicon Casauriense. This illuminated cartulary chronicle of the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria was commissioned by Abbot Leonas at the end of the 12th century and tells the history of the monastery in Abruzzo from its foundation until 1182, the year of Leonas' death. The importance of the abbey as an imperial donation is particularly emphasized. San Clemente a Casauria was endowed in 871 by none other than the Carolingian Roman Emperor Louis II (825–875). The chronicle text was written by Magister Rusticus, who immortalized himself with this name in the colophon, in narrow columns on the inner margins of the pages, which he highlighted with filigree red framings, while the texts of the deeds occupy the usual space on the pages. Remarkably, the manuscript was also enriched with around 40 pen-and-ink drawings, mainly depicting the former abbots of the abbey as well as monks, bishops, kings and emperors.

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Alternative Titles
La storia dell'abbazia di San Clemente a Casauria
Iohannis Berardi Liber instrumentorum
Chronicorum Monasterii Casauriensis
Johannes Berardi: Chartularium monasterii Casauriensis
Chronik von S. Clemente
Chronicle of San Clemente
Liber instrumentorum seu chronicorum monasterii Casauriensis
Size / Format
544 pages / 40.5 × 26.0 cm
Origin
Italy
Date
End of the 12th century
Style
Romanesque
Language
Latin
Script
Protogothic minuscule
Illustrations
About 40 fine pen-and-ink drawings and numerous large decorated initials
Content
Cartulary chronicle of the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria for the years 871 to 1182
Patron
Abbot Leonas of Casauria
Artist / School
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Chronicon Casauriense – Amministrazione Provinciale dell'Aquila – Latin 5411 – Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, France)
#1 Chronicon Casauriense. Liber instrumentorum seu chronicorum Monasterii Casauriensis.
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#1 Chronicon Casauriense. Liber instrumentorum seu chronicorum Monasterii Casauriensis.

Chronicon Casauriense – Amministrazione Provinciale dell'Aquila – Latin 5411 – Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, France)
Chronicon Casauriense – Amministrazione Provinciale dell'Aquila – Latin 5411 – Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, France) Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

Commentary: 1 volume (26 pp.) by Alessandro Pratesi
Language: Italian
1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.
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