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Libellus constructionis Farfensis

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104:. Although the anonymous author was apparently a good copyist, it is impossible to properly assess his historical accuracy for many details he chronicles, but a comparison with the 45:
in 857. It is about the "construction" of a powerful abbey with vast landholdings. It was used as a source for two later histories, which are basically continuations: the
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Power and Patronage in the Early Medieval Italy: Local Society, Italian Politics, and the Abbey of Farfa, c.700–900
89: 108:(a massive register of Farfa's charters, compiled by Gregory of Catino) shows that his outlines are correct. 35: 58: 42: 27: 93: 31: 162: 50: 100:(died 842), which was only re-discovered in 1959, but which authenticated the 69: 22:("Little Book of the Construction of Farfa"), often referred to simply as the 151:
U. Longo, "Agiografia e identità monastica a Farfa tra XI e XII secolo",
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is fragmentary, and appears only in one eleventh-century
8: 122: 120: 80:which Hugh and Gregory worked from. The 116: 96:(770s). It also records the epitaph of 74:Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma 7: 14: 76:, but which was probably not the 19:Libellus constructionis Farfensis 47:Destructio monasterii Farfensis 1: 84:partly relies on the earlier 190: 174:9th-century books in Latin 153:Cristianesimo nella storia 130:(Cambridge: 2007), 13–14. 90:San Vincenzo al Volturno 72:from Farfa, now in the 41:700 until the death of 34:from its foundation by 155:, 26 (2000), 311–41. 53:(died 1039) and the 126:Marios Costambeys, 88:of the founders of 36:Thomas of Maurienne 169:Italian chronicles 55:Chronicon Farfense 106:Regestum Farfense 59:Gregory of Catino 26:in context, is a 181: 140: 139:MS Farfense 32. 137: 131: 124: 189: 188: 184: 183: 182: 180: 179: 178: 159: 158: 148: 146:Further reading 143: 138: 134: 125: 118: 114: 94:Autpert Ambrose 28:written history 12: 11: 5: 187: 185: 177: 176: 171: 161: 160: 157: 156: 147: 144: 142: 141: 132: 115: 113: 110: 64:The surviving 61:(died 1133). 43:Abbot Hilderic 32:Abbey of Farfa 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 186: 175: 172: 170: 167: 166: 164: 154: 150: 149: 145: 136: 133: 129: 123: 121: 117: 111: 109: 107: 103: 99: 98:Abbot Sichard 95: 92:by its abbot 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 62: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 40: 37: 33: 29: 25: 21: 20: 152: 135: 127: 105: 101: 85: 81: 77: 65: 63: 54: 46: 38: 23: 18: 17: 15: 24:Constructio 163:Categories 70:lectionary 51:Abbot Hugh 102:Libellus 82:Libellus 78:Libellus 66:Libellus 30:of the 112:Notes 39:circa 86:Vita 16:The 57:by 49:of 165:: 119:^

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written history
Abbey of Farfa
Thomas of Maurienne
Abbot Hilderic
Abbot Hugh
Gregory of Catino
lectionary
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
San Vincenzo al Volturno
Autpert Ambrose
Abbot Sichard


Categories
Italian chronicles
9th-century books in Latin

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