Chronography of 354
Chronograph of 354 (the name was coined by Theodor Mommsen ) is the modern term for a late antique codex, the Furius Dionysius Filocalus in the year 354 AD, created under the patronage of the Christian aristocrats Valentinus. It was an exceptionally elaborately designed work, which contained the first full-page illuminations of Western cultural history. The original has not been preserved.
It contained Konsularfasten ( fasti consulares ), a list of city prefect ( Prefects urbis Romae ) and a history of the city of Rome ( Chronica urbis Romae ) up to the year 354 The latter contained a list of kings, dictators and emperors, indicating the government length, place of death and additional entries. Do not resorted to the Enmannsche imperial history and before the death of Constantine I (337) was compiled. The writing is also the first authentic documentation which dates the birth of Jesus on December 25.
There have been multiple edits, each come to meet the wishes of the customer. The chronograph of 354 survives in several copies and was also used in the subsequent period, among others, Eutropius.
The chronograph has the following contents:
There are many recorded information from paganism, which is controversial, whether it is current states are (Michele Renee Salzman ) or retrospectives on past times ( Theodor Mommsen ).
The illustrations in the zodiac show an interest in astrology. Not Illustrated sections contain rich historical and chronological material.
In the Carolingian period an illustrated copy of the original was made , which have been Luxemburgensis Codex, made by the other copies in the 16th and 17th centuries. The best of these, the Codex Romanus, is located in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Even before the Renaissance copies were made , the Codex Luxemburgensis was damaged. Some pages were lost. Today, he is completely lost, and there are only a detailed description of him.
A number of entries have been found to be subsequent amendments, because they have an AD dating, which was not introduced until much later. Other data are given redundant, but which exclude the information, as at the birth of Jesus.
Expenditure
- Chronographus anni CCCLIIII. In: Theodor Mommsen (ed.): Auctores antiquissimi 9: Chronica minora SAEC. IV V VI. VII (I). Berlin 1892, pp. 13-148 ( Monumenta Historica Germaniae, digitized ).