Otto Frisingensis [Otto of Freising], Chronica sive Historia de duabus civitatibus
Liber III, 37-43
F-p7xf
General Information
One hand, Praegothica. Two morphologies of the final s, ampersand et, straight d.
Original Condition
Rubricated chapter-numbers from "XXXVIII" to "XLIII".
Current Condition
The fragment was detached from the host book and was restored at the National Unity Museum of Alba Iulia in November 2025. The exterior side of the former wrapper was severely affected by water, and some of the letters are partially washed out.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Rubricated initials at the beginning of each chapter.
Content
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Content Item
- Persons Otto Frisingensis
- Text Language Latin
- Title Chronica sive Historia de duabus civitatibus, III. 37-43
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Content Description
(recto) [XXXVII. Nunc enim Christum sese credi volebat nunc ipsum] se esse paraclitum predicabat. Et elatus insania ad similitudinem Christi XII discipulos eligens ad predicandum mittebat impia dogmata a prioribus hereticis mutuata. Huius sectatores manichei usque hodie vocantur. XXXVIII. Anno ab incarnatione domini CCºLXXºIIIIº Claudius XXVIII ab augusto voluntate senatus imperator creatur. ... X ... XXXVIIII. Anno ab incarnatione Domini CCºLXXVIº XX[VIIII re]gnavit ab augusto Aurelianus. Hic dum esset vir [bellicosus proci]nctum ad Danubium movit ibique Gothos mul[tis ac gravibus] preliis pressit Romanique imperii terminos restauravit. ... X ... XL. Anno ab incarnatione domini CCºLXXXºIº Tacitus XXXus ab augusto imperator factus VIº mense in Ponto necatur. Post quem dum Florianus partem regni invaderet IIIº mense ex quo id usurpaverat apud Tharsum vita privatur. XLI. Anno ab incarnatione domini CCºLXXXºIº Probus XXXusIus ab augusto regnum adeptus barbaros qui gallias occupaverant per multa et fortia bella devicit. Deinde civilibus bellis Saturninum in oriente Proculum et Borosum apud Agrippinam pressit. Ipse // (verso) [vero apud Sirmium in turre ferrata a militibus interficitur anno imperii sui VIIº.] // [XLII.] Anno ab incarnatione domini CCLXXXVIII Carus Narbonensis XXXIIus ab augusto imperium sortitur. Qui assumptis sibi in regnum duobus filiis Carino et Numeriano bellum cum Parthis [gessit] duasque ibi nobilissimas urbes Choten et Ictesifontem [oppugnavit.] ... X ... Numerianus quoque filius eius a socero [suo Apro vita privatur]. XLIII. [Anno ab incarnatione domini CCXC] Dyocletianus XXXIIIus ab [augusto imperator ab exercitu creatur.] ... X ... ac propter hoc amplius incandescentis tam gravissima quam novissima invenitur. Per de//[cem annos...]. (III.37.25-43.13)
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- Edition Otto Frisingensis, Chronica sive historia de duabus civitatibus, Liber III, edition: A. Hofmeister, Hannover, 1912; Otto von Freising, Chronik oder Die Geschichte der zwei Staaten, ed. by Walther Lammers, tr. by Adolf Schmidt, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1961.
History
S. Germany (Bavaria?)
Before being detached, the fragment was used as a wrapper for the host volume with the shelfmark U.64070, which belonged to the library of the Unitarian College in Cluj (former shelfmark "R.1416"). By 1965 the book was part of the collection of the Romanian Academy Library from Cluj. (stamps "Academia R.P.R. Filiala Cluj Biblioteca”).
Fragm. Cod. Lat. 12, a bifolium from the same manuscript, was extracted from the binding of volume U. 63177, which also belonged to the collection of the Unitarian College of Cluj. This suggests that a manuscript of Otto's History or, at least, large parts from it (this fragment is part of book III, while Fragm. Cod. Lat. 12 contains books VI and VII) could be found in Cluj. Fragm. Cod. Lat. 12 is described here https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-dqkj
Host Volume
Some pages from the beginning and the end of the host volume are missing.
Former shelfmarks: Eccl. N.144, N. 308, M.III.40, R.1416.