Chronograph Of 354

The Chronograph of 354 is illustrated manuscript (in) written by an anonymous probably to be offered one of his correspondents, probably a Roman aristocrat.

This document is not just a calendar, it is richly illustrated and contains numerous historical data:

• The consular annals of the early Republic to 354
• The list of prefects of the City of 254 to 354
• Two lists of birthdays funeral: the oldest list of popes and the list of known evidence of the martyrs (depositio martyrum) and Sol Invictus the same day (25 December Mensi )

• A summary of the history of Rome until 334 (the duration of the reigns of emperors).

It is therefore useful and valuable for all matters of dating and can be cut with other literary sources and inscriptions.

• Theodor Mommsen , Chronica Minora saec.IV, V, VI, VII, Monumenta Germaniae Historica , auctores most ancient, IX, Berlin, Weidmann, 1892.

• H. Stern, The Calendar of 354. Consideration of its text and illustrations, Paris, 1953.

The calendar Filocalus

Calendar of Filocalus (or Philocalus, or schedule philocalien) is the first edition of the Chronograph as a manuscript illuminated in the ^fourth century , which is made of 354 for a Christian name Valentius. It is the oldest codices to own full-page illuminations.

The illustrations are known only by drawings of a manuscript of the ^seventeenth century , preserved in the Vatican Library , made from a Carolingian copy. These drawings, although they have been copied twice, showing the wide variety of sources of inspiration used by early illuminators, including metal work, the frescoes , and mosaics.

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Bibliography

• Weitzmann, Kurt. Late Antique and Early Christin Book Illumination. New York: George Braziller, 1977.
• Salzman, Michele Renee. One Roman Time: The Codex-Calendar of 354 & the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity (The Transformation of the Classical Heritage 17). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.

• Ancient Rome portal

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