Chronology, that is, of All Times and Years from the Beginning of the World

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Original title: Chronologia, hoc est, omnium temporum et annorum ab initio mundi A Latin synchronistic universal chronicle running from the creation of the world, printed as a ruled register of years in which parallel lettered columns track Romans, the church, Jews, Egyptians, Syrians, Macedonians, Franks, Goths, Persians, Saracens, Poles, Britons, Scandinavians and the Teutonic Order, alongside computational series of Hebdomades, Olympiads, years of the world, years of the City, years of Christ and indictions. The tables are accompanied by ten discursive books of commentary and a large alphabetical index of memorable things and words keyed to folio and column-band. The work sets out to reconcile the discordant chronological systems of Scripture, Greek and Roman historians, consular fasti and astronomical calculation, enumerating the origins and successions of peoples and kingdoms, their rulers and regnal years, memorable deeds, the condition of the people of God, and the transfer of empires (translatio imperii). Its dating decisions carry confessional weight: the Roman monarchy is begun with Julius Caesar rather than Augustus, Roman primacy is traced to an imperial grant from Phocas, the Donation of Constantine is denied as a forgery, Peter's arrival at Rome is dated late from Acts, and the 1,260 years of Antichrist are counted from 261 to 1521. The first issue reached only to the Resurrection of Christ with a single book of commentary; later recensions extended the chronology and apparatus, and posthumous printings appended an anonymous continuation, an account of the captivity of Elector John Frederick of Saxony, and documentary matter including the Gregorian calendar bull. 👉 Read our introductory primer, full report, and finding guide here 📜 View the original source file This text was transcribed and translated as part of the ExLatinis project—an effort by Leo to make English translations of every published text in Latin in early modern Europe (between 1450 and 1750) available to the public for free online.

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