Volume 1 • Preliminaries: • Dedication to
Charles VI, with an
intaglio portrait and engraved dedication by
Girolamo Ferroni, • Letter to the reader by Argelati; • Preface by Muratori; • An introduction from the publishers on the use of maps (
de tabula geographica) • Fold-out map of the Italian peninsular in the late Roman period drawn by Giovanni Giacomo Spinelli, possibly based on an earlier map by
De l'Isle. •
Historia Miscella, comprising the
Summary of Roman History (Breviarium Historiae Romanae) of
Eutropius, which
Paul the Deacon, at the request of Adelberga, wife of the
Duke of Beneventan, extended from the
Valentinian Empire down to the time of
Justinian, and continued by
Landolfo Sagace, or others, to 806, from manuscripts in the
Biblioteca Ambrosiana and the edition of
Henricus Canisius. •
Landolfo Sagace:
Extension to Historia Miscella (Additamentum ad Historiam Miscellam), from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. •
Jordanes:
The origin and deeds of the Getae (Historia De Getarum) or origin of the Goths, from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana edited by
Giuseppe Antonio Sassi. • Jordanes:
Of the succession of kingdoms and times (de Regnorum, & temporum successione), from the collection of
Nicolò Biancardi. •
Procopius of Caesarea:
The Gothic War (Historiarum sui temporis de bello Gothico), Book IV, extracted from the
Claude Maltret complete edition of Procopius'
Historiae Byzantinae with
Hugo Grotius' explanation of Gothic, Vandal and Lombard names & expressions. •
Agathias:
Excerpts from the Histories extracted by Grotius. •
Paul the Deacon:
History of the Lombards (de Gestis Langobardorum), Book VI, based on the printed version of and manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana and at Monza by
Orazio Bianchi.
Volume 1, Second Part •
The laws of the Lombards in chronological order (Leges Langobardicae secundum ordinem) from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana and
Biblioteca Estense. •
Paul the Deacon:
Fragment of Lombard history (Fragmentum Langobardicae historiae), previously published by
. • The Monk of Nonantola:
Foundation of the Monastery of Nonantola under Aistulf (
Opusculum de fundatione celeberrimi monasterii Nonantulani) from the edition by
Jean Mabillon. • Anon. (9th- or 10th-century):
The situation of the City of Milan (Opusculum de situ civitatis Mediolani) together with a list of
archbishops, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. •
The order of the suffragan bishops of Milan, and list of archbishops from Barnabas to 1251, from a manuscript in the Library of the Metropolitan Chapter of Milan. • Historical extracts from the oldest manuscript
calendar in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. • :
Various records of Saracenic-Sicilian history (Historiae Saracenico-Siculae varia monumenta): •
Chronicon Saracenico-Siculum Cantabrigiense; •
Abulfeda (Abu al-Fida Ismail ibn'Ali):
Excerpts from a concise history of humanity (Tarikh al-Mukhtasar fi Akhbar al-Bashar) translated into Latin as
Excerpta ex chronologia universali by Marco Dobelio; •
More on the Saracens in Sicily (
Continuatio Historiae Saracenorum in Sicilia) from
Asmodferi, by Alkadì Sciohabadin held in the
Escurial library, translated by Marco Dobelio; • Theodosius,
Letter concerning the Siege of Syracuse (Epistola Theodosii monachi ad Leonem archidiaconum de Syracusanae urbis expugnatione) previously published in
Sicilia sacra in 1644; •
John the Deacon,
Martyrdom of St. Procopius, Bishop of Taormina (Martyrium Sancti Procopii episcopi Tauromenii); • Conrad the Dominican (Convent of St. Catharine at Palermo),
A Brief Chronicle from the Year 1027 to 1283, previously published in
Catana sacra; •
Hazì Aliphè Musfafà (Kâtip Çelebi), excerpts from
Taqwīm at-Tawārikh (Chronological Tables) concerning the Saracens in Italy from the 1697 Italian translation by
Gian Rinaldo Carli. •
John the Deacon:
Deeds of the Neapolitan Bishops (Chronicon episcoporum Sanctae Neapolitanae Ecclesiae) to 872, from a manuscript in the
Vatican Library. •
History of the St Vincent at Volturno Abbey (Chronicon Vulturnense) from 703 to 1071, from a manuscript in the collection of
Francesco Barberini. •
Records relating to Ravenna (
Spicilegium Ravennatis Historiae) from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Estense and Ravenna.
Volume 2 • Dedication to
Hieronymus von Colloredo, Governor of the Duchy of Milan with portrait by
Francesco Pavona. •
Andreas Agnellus:
Lives of the bishops of Ravenna (Vitae Pontificum Ravennatum) originally extracted from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Estense and published by
Benedetto Bacchini, now revised. •
Pope Paschal I:
Bull addressed to Archbishop Petronax of Ravenna (Palatini Socii in Bulla Paschalis Papae I ad Petronacium Ravennae Archiepiscopum) confirming the privileges of the church of
Ravenna. •
History of the Lombard princes (Historia principum Langobardorum), compiled and annotated by : •
History of the Lombards in Benevento from
Paul the Deacon to the year
888; •
On Prince Sicard of Benevento, and the
Pactum Sicardi of 836 between the Greek
Duchy of Naples represented by its bishop,
John, and its duke,
Andrew II; •
On Prince Radelchis of Benevento and the division of Benevento with Prince
Siconulf of Salerno in 851; • Monks of
Cassino:
History of the Lombards in Cis-Tyberina from ; • Anon.:
Lombard chronicle of the Abbey of St. Benedict listing the rulers of Benevento, and the abbots of Monte Cassino from its re-eatablishment at the time of Duke
Gregory and Abbot
Petronax (720) until the time of Abbot
Bertharius; • John of Capua, archdeacon and abbot of Cassino:
Chronicle of the last counts of Capua; • Anon. of Benevento: Fragment of the
History of the Lombards in Benevento from 891 to 893; • Anon. of Salerno:
History of the Lombard Princes of Benevento, part 7; • Anon. of Salerno:
Elegy for Pandulf, prince of Capua, Benvento and Salerno; •
Rule of Pandulf Prince of Capua; • Burial inscriptions of some Lombard princes; • Certificate of judgement concerning land and a farm in Matalonia for the Abbey and Church of St. Michael Archangel; • Certificate of judgement concerning a certain water course for the city and citizens of Suessa; • Anon. of
Salerno:
Chronicle of several dukes & princes of Benvenuto, & princes of Salerno. With an appendix of the dukes of Apulia; • Anon. of
Santa Sofia, Benevento:
Chronicle of the dukes and princes of Benvenuto. •
Anastasius the Librarian:
The Monte Cassino Chronicle (Epitome chronicorum Casinensium), from a manuscript in Monte Cassino abbey. • Anon.:
Elegy praising Berengario I (Carmen panegyricum de laudibus Berengarii augusti), first published by and revised by
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. •
Proceedings of a synod at Pavia (Palatini socii In synodum Ticinensem) confirming
Guy of Spoleto's election as
King of Italy at the end of
888. •
Liutprand of Cremona:
Legation to the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus Phocas (
Historia, eiusque legatio ad Nicephorum Phocam imp.) in 968, with notes by
Henricus Canisius. •
Annali Bertiniani:
Chronicle of the Frankish kings (Annales Regum Francorum) from death of
Charles Martel until 882, from a manuscript in the
Abbey of Saint Bertin edited by
Heribert Rosweyde and
Jean Boland, with an appendix by another writer from 883 to 900, which was edited by
André Duchesne.
Volume 2, Second Part •
Ermoldus Nigellus:
An elegy in honour of Emperor Louis the Pious (De rebus gestis Ludovici Pii augusti), from 781 to 826, from a manuscript in the Vienna (
Vindobona)
Imperial Court Library •
Peter Lambeck:
Annales Lambeciani, a history of the
Franks, from a manuscript in the Imperial Court Library. •
Fragment concerning a Roman synod held in 863, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. • Anon.: ''A bishop's prayer
from a Roman synod in 864,'' from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. •
Proceedings of a council at Pavia in 876 (Acta concilii Ticinensis anno DCCCLXXVI) to elect
Charles the Bald as
King of Italy, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana edited by
Giuseppe Antonio Sassi. • Anon. of Salerno:
Paralipomena an extension of the
Salerno Chronicle (), from a manuscript in the collection of Eustachio
Caracciolo. •
Gregory of Catino:
History of the Abbey of Farfa (Chronicon Farfense) from 681 to 1104, from a manuscript in the Caracciolo collection. •
In praise of Milan (Carmen vetustissimum de laudibus Mediolani);
On the death Charlemagne (Rythmus in obitum Caroli Magni augusti);
Description of the city of Modena (Mutinensis urbis descriptio), from a
Veronese manuscript. • Anon.:
Additional fragments from the Novalesa Abbey Chronicle, written , published in part by Duchesne and completed from a
Malaspina manuscript. • John Bernard:
History of the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria (Chronicon Casauriense) to 1182 originally published by Duchesne from the Royal French Library.{{Refn|An English translation is available at {{Cite web •
Two ancient calendars, one from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana and the other from the collection of Camillo Sitoni. •
John the Deacon and
Peter the Subdeacon:
The life of St. Athanasius, bishop of Naples (Vita Sancti Athanasii episcopi Neapolitani), published by Wilhelm Cuypers. •
Liutprand of Pavia: Alternate readings of his
History (ariantes lectionis ad Historiam Liutprandi ), from a manuscript in the Imperial Library • Anon.:
Poem describing Verona , previously published by Jean Mabillon. • Anon. of
Salerno:
Amendments to the Paralipomena (Emendationes paralipomenon), from a manuscript in the Vatican Library.
Volume 3 • Dedication to Antonio Folch de Cardona,
Bishop of Valencia, with portrait by Daniele Antonio Bertoli. •
Anastasius the Librarian:
Lives of the Roman pontiffs (Vitae romanorum pontificum) from
St. Peter to
Stephen VI based on the
Liber Pontificalis published 1718–1735 by
Francesco Bianchini •
Lives of certain Roman Pontiffs (Vitae nonnullorum pontificum romanorum), which extends the
Liber Pontificalis from
Leo IX through to
John XXII (excluding
Victor II and all of the
antipopes) based on manuscripts in the major libraries. Most pontiffs have entries transcribed from more than one source. The principal sources are: • Cardinal Nicolás Rossell of Aragon (1314–1362), who was based at the Papal court in Avignon and compiled
Romanorum pontificium gesta, is the author of 17 entries; •
Bernard Gui (1261–1331) is the source of 37 entries; •
Pandulf of Pisa (
fl 1039 – 1139) on
Paschal II,
Gelasius II,
Callistus II and
Honorius II, who were his contemporaries (ten other entries carry his name but are not now thought to be his); • Wibert, archdeacon of
Toul, on
Leo IX, his contemporary; • Paul Bernried on
Gregory VII, a 'near contemporary'; •
Étienne Baluze (1630–1718), a French scholar, on
Innocent III; • 21 other anonymous manuscripts.
Volume 3, Second Part • Amalrico Auger,
Flodoard of Reims,
Pandulf of Pisa,
et al:
Lives of the Roman Pontiffs from St. Peter to
Innocent VIII, including letters from several Pontiffs in the
Codex epistolaris Carolinus to Frankish kings. • Gaspare Pontani:
Diary of the City of Rome (Diarium Romanae urbis) from 1481 to 1492. •
Stefano Infessura:
Diary of the City of Rome (Diarium Romanae urbis) from 1294 to
Alessandro VI).
Volume 4 • Dedication to
Prince Eugene of Savoy with portrait by
Andrea Toresani. •
Arnolf of Milan:
Contemporary events (Rerum sui temporis), book V (1077), published by Leibniz and updated from manuscripts in the Bioblioteca Estense and the Library of the Metropolitan Chapter of Milan. •
Landulf of Milan:
History of Milan (Historiae Mediolanensis), Book VI, extracted by Bianchi from manuscripts in Library of the Metropolitan Chapter of Milan. •
Giovanni Pietro Puricelli:
Whether St Ambrose permitted his clergy to marry (Utrum Sanctus Ambrosius Clero suo mediolanensi permiserit, ut virgini nubere semel posset), a dissertation establishing that the view put forward by Landulf and others that Ambrose approved of clergy marriage was incorrect. It includes a catalogue of the archbishops of Milan. •
Two brief chronicles of the kings of Italy (Cronica duo brevia Regum Italiae) from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, one an account of the Frankish kings (dated ) and the other of the law of the Lombards (). •
Leo of Ostia (Books 1–3) &
Peter the Deacon (Book 4):
The chronicle of the sacred monastery of Casino (
Chronicon casinense) from 529 to the 12th century (including the medieval feudal state of
Terra Sancti Benedicti), first extracted from the
Monte Cassino manuscripts by Angelo Della Noce,
abbot of Monte Casino. Includes appendices not published by Della Noce.
Volume 5 • Dedication to Cardinal
Benedetto Erba Odescalchi with portrait by Girolamo Ferroni. •
Four ancient chronicles (Chronologi antiqui quatuor), first published by Antonio Caracciolo in 1626, and here corrected by Camillo Pellegrino from the Monte Cassino manuscripts. •
Erchempert:
The History of the Lombards in Benevento (Historia Langobardorum Beneventanorum degentium) from
Arechis II (758) until 888; •
Lupus Protospatharius:
Chronicon rerum in regno Neapolitano gestarum, a concise history of
Langobardia Minor from 805 to 1102
; • A monk of Monte Cassino:
Rerum in regno Neapolitano gestarum, breve chronicon from 1000 to 1212; •
Falco of Benevento:
Chronicon Beneventanum, the story of
Benevento between 1102 and 1139 including the rise of the Norman
Roger II of Sicily from 1127. • Anon.:
Chronicon Anonymi Casinensis, a chronicle from the Monte Cassino archives. •
Anon: Chronicon ignoti civis Barensis focussing on Bari and
Apulia from 855 to 1118. It covers the
First Crusade and
Byzantine affairs when Bari was a Greek capital. It was transcribed from a
Salerno manuscript by Camillo Pellegrino. •
History of the Lombard princes (Historiae principum Langobardorum) Book 2, which describes the ancient duchy of Benevento and the succession of the
abbots of Monte Cassino from
Petronax of Brescia, in 720 to Rainald I in 1137. It includes essays by Camillo Pellegrino on the
Collimento family, the meaning of the name Porta, and the
ancient location of the city of Capua. •
William of Apulia:
The Deeds of Robert Guiscard (Gesta Roberti Wiscardi), a contemporary poem describing the
Norman conquest of southern Italy. Includes a commentary by Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz and Jean Tiremois. • Anon.:
Short chronicle of the Normans (Breve chronicon Northmannicum) from 1041 to 1085, from a manuscript held by Pietro Polidori. [Now considered to be a forgery.] •
Ralph of Caen:
The deeds of prince Tancred during the Jerusalem expedition (Gesta Tancredi principis in expeditione Hierosolymitana), a narrative of the
First Crusade, edited by the French historians
Edmund Martène and
Ursin Durand. •
Donizo of Canossa:
Life of countess Matilda (Vita Mathildis Comitissae) in verse, together with the charter in which she endowed the Church with the
Terre Matildiche. • Anon.
Life of countess Matilda (Vita Comitissae Mathildis), a transcript of an
oration edited by Leibniz from a manuscript in the collection of Francesco Maria Florentini. • Anon. of
Novocomensis:
Cumanus, a poem about Milan's war and destruction of
Como from 1118 To 1127, from Milanese and Como manuscripts. •
Landulf Junior,
History Of Milan (Historia Mediolanensis) from 1095 to 1137, from a manuscript in Library of the Metropolitan Chapter of Milan edited by Giuseppe Antonio Sassi. •
Moses of Bergamo:
Poem in praise of Bergamo (Carmen de Laudibus Bergomi) from 1120, a patriotic description of a
medieval commune, originally published by Mario Mucio. •
Gaufredo Malaterra: History of Sicily (Historia Sicula), dating to about 1098 and covering the brothers
Robert Guiscard and
Roger I conquest of Sicily, edited by . •
Alexander of Telese, The
Deeds of Roger of Sicily (Gesta Rogeri)
, and
Address to King Roger (Alloquium ad regem Rogerium)
. Volume 6 • Dedication to Cardinal Gilberto
Borromeo, bishop of
Novara, with portrait by
Girolamo Ferroni. •
Peter the Deacon:
Essay on the famous Cassino (
De viris illustribus Casinensibus opusculu) from the
Barberini library (now in the
Vatican Library), first published by Giovanni Battista Mari from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Barberina (now part of the Vatican Library). •
Relatio translationis S. Giminiani, a contemporary account of the
translation of the remains of St
Geminianus to Modena in 1106
, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. •
Ferdinando Ughelli:
A diverse chronicle Of Pisa (Chronica varia Pisana) from a manuscript in Lucca. • Anon.:
Lives of four former abbots of La Trinità della Cava (Vitae quatuor priorum abbatum Cavensium),
Alferius (1011–1050),
Leo (1050–1079),
Peter (1079–1122), and
Constabilis (1122–1124). •
Caffaro di Rustico da Caschifellone et al.:
Genoese Chronicles (Annales ienuenses) from 1099 until 1294, the earliest civic chronicle composed by a layman. •
Étienne Baluze (ed.):
A brief history of the liberation of Messina from the Saracen yoke (Brevis historia liberationis Messanae a Sarracenorum jugo) by
Roger I in 1060. •
Otto of Freising, completed by
Rahewdin:
The deeds of emperor Frederick (Gesta Friderici imperatoris) checked against the manuscripts in the
Imperial Library. •
Otto of St. Blasien:
Chronicle (Chronicon), continuation of the chronicles of Frederick by Otto Freising, et al. up to 1209 from manuscripts in the Imperial Library. • Burchard of Strasburg: ''Letter to abbot Nikolas von Segeberg on the emperor Fredrick's destruction Of Milan (Epistola Burchardi)
in 1162.'' •
Boncompagno da Signa:
Book of the siege of Ancona (
Liber de obsidione Anconae) by Frederick I in 1173 and the liberation of the city, extracted by
Filippo Argelati from a privately owned manuscript now in
Cleveland, Ohio. • Ottone & Acerbo Morena, & Anon.:
History of Lodi (
Historia rerum Laudensium) from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana and a manuscript found by
Felice Osio, edited by Giuseppe Antonio Sassi. •
Sire Raul, also known as Ralph of Milan
: a contemporary account of
The deeds of Frederick I in Italy (De rebus gestis Friderici primi in Italia) from a manuscript in the
Biblioteca di Brera.
Volume 7 • Dedication to
Rinaldo d’ Este,
Duke of Modena and Reggio, with portrait by
Antonio Consetti. •
Romualdo Guarna; Chronicle (
Chronicon sive Annales), from a manuscript in Biblioteca Ambrosiana with commentary by Giuseppe Antonio Sassi. •
Hugo Falcandus On events in the Kingdom of Sicily (
De rebus gestis in Siciliae regno), from the library of Giovanni Battista Caruso. •
Godfrey of Viterbo:
Pantheon, spanning the
creation through to the reigns of
Conrad III,
Frederic Barbarossa and
Henry VI in the time of pope
Urban III. •
Sicard of Cremona:
Chronicle from the Birth of Christ to the year 1213 (
Chronica Universalis), from a manuscript in the
Imperial Library and also the
Biblioteca Estense. • Anon.:
Brief chronicle of Cremona (Chronicon breve Cremonense) from 1096 to 1232 from a Cremona manuscript. • Bernard the Treasurer [of
Corbie Abbey]: O''n the acquisition of the Holy Land (Chronique d'
Ernoul et de Bernard le trésorier)'' from 1095 to about 1230, originally in
Old French, reproduced here from a Latin manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. • Anon.:
Chronicle of Fossanova (Chronicon Fossae Nova) from the 'year of our salvation' until 1217, edited by
Ferdinando Ughelli. • Anon.:
Brief chronicle of the church of Atina (Chronicon breve Atinensis ecclesiae), from manuscripts in
Fossanova Abbey. •
Anon.: Chronicle of Cava (Chronicon Cavense) from 569 to 1318. [Now considered one of the most audacious forgeries of the eighteenth century.] •
Excerpts from the martyrology and obituaries of Montecassino (Excerpta ex martyrologio et necrologio Casinensi), from the Abbey. •
Richard of San Germano:
Chronicle of events from the death of William II of Sicily in 1189 to 1243 (
Chronica regni Siciliae), extracted from the Cassino library manuscript by Ferdinando Ughelli. • Matthew Spinelli:
Neapolitan diary (Ephemerides Neapolitanae) covering the Kingdom of Naples from 1247 to 1268, with clarifying notes by
Daniel Papebroch. [Also shown to be a forgery.]
Volume 8 • Dedication to
Wirich Philipp von Daun,
Governor of Milan, with portrait by
Girolamo Ferroni. • Gerardo Maurisio: History of the deeds of
Ezzelino III da Romano (
Historia de rebus gestis Eccelini de Romano) from 1183 to about 1237, a manuscript unearthed by
Felice Osio here with a preface by Leibniz
. • Antonio Godi:
Chronicle (
Chronica) from 1194 to 1260, similar to the
Historia of Gerardo Maurisio and the first of three manuscripts found by
Felice Osio in
Vicenza. This version was corrected against a second copy in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. • Niccolò Smereglo:
Chronicle (
Chronicon) related to records by Gerardo Maurisio and Antonio Godi, from 1200 to 1279, with an anonymous supplement from 1279 to 1312.
Felice Osio rescued, edited and published the manuscripts, and these were checked against the Biblioteca Ambrosiana copies. • Anon.:
Life of Count Ricciardo of San Bonifacio (Ricciardi comitis sancti Bonifacii) & the deeds of Ezzelino III da Romano, a work of uncertain authority edited by
Felice Osio. •
Lorenzo de Monacis, on
Ezzelino III from
De gestis, moribus et nobilitate civitatis Venetiarum Book VIII, edited with commentary by
Felice Osio. •
Rolandino of Padua: Chronicles of the
Trevisan March (
De factis in Marchia Tarvisina), Book XII, from about 1180 to 1260, first published by
Felice Osio, but here corrected against manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana and Estense libraries. • Anon.:
Little chronicle of Ferrara (Chronica parva Ferrariensis) from the origin of Ferrara to about 1264 from a manuscript in the Estese library. • Niccolò di Jamsilla:
History of the deeds of Frederick II and his sons Conrad, and Manfredi (Historia de rebus gestis Friderici II) from 1200 to 1268, originally issued by
Fernando Ughelli, now corrected. • Parisio da Cereta:
Chronicle of Verona (Chronicon Veronense) from 1117 to 1278, extended by others to 1375, from the Biblioteca Estense. • Monks of
Padua:
Chronicle on events chiefly in Lombardy, and the Trevisan March from 1207 to 1270, from Felice Ohio's edition corrected against an Biblioteca Ambrosiana manuscript. • Anon. of the Vatican:
History of Sicily from the arrival of the Normans in Puglia until 1282 (Historia Sicula), first published by Giovanni Battista Carusio. •
Saba Malaspina,
Events in Sicily from 1250 to 1276 (Rerum Sicularum libri VI) first published by
Étienne Baluze in
Miscellaneorum, Vol. 6. • Ricordano Malespini:
History of Florence (Historia Florentina) to 1281, extended by Giacotto Malespini to 1286. •
Provincial synod held in Milan in 1287 under Archbishop
Otto and the
Constitutiones of
Goffredo da Castiglione, from an Biblioteca Ambrosianamanuscript. • Anon. of
Reggio:
Record of Reggio Emilia (Memoriale potestatum Regiensium Gestorum) from 1154 to 1290, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense.
Volume 9 • Dedication to
Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, with portrait by
Giovanni Caselli. •
Jacobus de Voragine, archbishop of Genoa, Chronicle of Genoa (
Chronicon Genuense) from the origin of the city to the year 1297, from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana and Estense libraries. •
Stephanardus de Vicomercato:
Poem on the deeds of the city of Milan under archbishop Ottone Visconti (Poema de gestis in civitate Mediolani sub Othone Vicecomite archiepiscopo), previously published in Muratori's
Anecdotes. •
Riccobaldo of Ferrara:
Bounds of the church in Ravenna (Pomarium Ravennatis ecclesiae), or universal history from approximately 700 to 1297, first published by
Johann Georg von Eccard, but now revised. Riccobaldo, or a contemporary anon. writer:
An historical compilation (Compilatio historica) from the beginning of the world to the year 1313, published by Eccard.
Johannes Philippus de Lignamine:
Continuation of the chronicle of Riccobaldo (Continuatio chronici Ricobaldini) to the year 1374. •
Riccobaldo of Ferrara, Italian translation by
Matteo Maria Bojardo: Chronicle of Roman emperors (
Chronicon Romanorum imperatorum) from Charlemagne to Otto IV, from a manuscript in the
Biblioteca Classense. • Anon. (contemporary):
History of the Dulcinian heretics of Novara (Historia Dulcini haeresiarchae novariensis) from 1304 to 1307, together with
An addition to the history (Additamentum ad historiam fratris Dulcini haeretici), from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, with commentary by Giuseppe Antonio Sassi. •
Dino Compagni:
Florentine chronicle (Chronicon florentinum) written in Italian from 1280 to 1312. extracted from a manuscript by
Apostolo Zeno. •
Provincial synod of Pergamo (Synodus provincialis Pergami habita) called by
Cassone della Torre, Archbishop Of Milan in 1311, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. •
Francesco Pipino of Bologna:
Chronicle from 1176 to approximately 1314, from a manuscript in the Estense. • Anon. (Contemporary): Chronicle of Parma (
Chronicon Parmense) from 1308 to 1309, from a manuscript in the Estense. • Nicholas, Bishop of
Butrint (
Albania):
Report on the Italian journey of Emperor Henry VII (Relatio de itinere Italico Henrici VII imper.) from 1300 to 1313 to Clement V, previously published by
Étienne Baluze. •
Ferreto de' Ferreti:
History of events in Italy (Historia rerum in Italia gestarum) from 1250 to 1318. from a
Vicenza manuscript;
On the death of Benvenuto Campesani (De morte Benvenuti Campesani poetae vicentini), addressed to
Albertino Mussato of Padua
; Speech at the wedding of Daniel Ferretti. •
Ferreto de' Ferreti:
Origin of the Scaligers (De Scaligerorum origine) a poem written about 1329 for Cangrande della Scala, lord of Verona, Vicenza, and Padua, from a Veronese manuscript. •
Giovanni da Cermenate:
History of the site, origin and worship of the city of Ambrose (Historia de situ, origine, et cultoribus Ambrosianae urbis) and the achievements of Milan under the rule of Emperor Henry VI from 1307 to 1313, plus variant readings and supplements.
Volume 10 • Dedication to
Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, with portrait by
Girolamo Ferroni. • Anon. [Giovanni Gaspare Beretti]:
Topographical Dissertation (Dissertatio chorographica) on medieval Italy to be read with a map of Greco-Lombardo-Frankish Italy, as it was transferred from the Greeks and Lombards to Charlemagne, with foldout map. •
Albertino Mussato: Three works from
Historia augusta Henrici VII caesaris & alia quae extant opera, published by Felice Osio in Venice in 1636 and edited by Osio, Lorenzo Pignoria and
Nicola Villani, updated with corrections: •
The Augustan History of Emperor Henry VII (De gestis Heinrici VII caesaris Historia Augusta), an account of
Henry VII's expedition to Italy from 1310 to 1313; •
On the deeds of the Italians after Emperor Henry VII (
De gestis Italicorum post mortem Henrici VII) covering August 1313 to at least July 1321; •
Eccerinis, considered the first "modern" tragedy modelled on the tragedies of
Seneca. • Anon.:
Chronicle of Sicily (Chronicon Siciliae), from approximately 820 to 1328, reprinted from
Thesauro anecdotorum by
Edmond Marténe and
Ursin Durand. •
Niccolò Speciale:
History of Sicily (Historia Sicula) from 1282 to 1337, previously published in
Marcae Hispanicae edited by
Étienne Baluze.
Volume 11 • Dedication to the sponsor, the Senate of the
republic of Lucca with an engraving by
Francesco Zucchi. •
Opicinus de Canistris:
Description of splendid Pavia (Commentarius De laudibus Papiae), dating from about 1300 from a manuscript in Pavia (
Ticinum)
. • Anon.:
Ancient Chronicle of Modena (Annales veteres Mutinensium) from 1131 to 1336 from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. •
Bonifacio de Morano:
Chronicle of Modena (Chronicon Mutinense) from 1306 to 1342, from the Biblioteca Estense. • Ogerio Alfieri &
Guglielmo Ventura:
Chronicle of Asti (Chronica Astensia) from the origin of the city or 1070 to about 1325, then from 1319 to 1367 by Secondino Ventura, from a Malaspina manuscript. • Fr. Raniero Granchi of Pisa:
On the battles of Tuscany (De proeliis Tusciae), an epic poem on Pisa's wars from the battle of Montecatini (1315) up to Pisa’s conquest of Lucca in 1342 from a manuscript in the
Biblioteca Classense. • Anon. (contemporary):
The annals of Pisa (Annales Pistorienses) or Commentaries on activities in Tuscany from 1300 to 1348, written in Italian. •
Galvano Fiamma:
Collection of articles (Manipulus florum) or History of Milan from the origin of the city to about 1371, from a Milan manuscript. •
Tolomeo da Lucca:
History of the Church from the birth of Christ (Historia ecclesiastica a nativitate Christi) until about 1312, from manuscripts in the Ambrosain and Padua. •
Tolomeo da Lucca:
Brief Annals (Breves Annales) from 1061 to 1303. • Niccolò Tegrimi (c. 1448 – 1527) Lucasian lawyer:
The life of Castruccio Castracani degli Anteminelli, Duke Of Lucca (Vita Castruccii Antelminelli) from 1301 to 1328.
Volume 12 • Dedication to the sponsor, the
Republic of Venice, illustrated by
Tiepolo and engraved by Francesco Zucchi and showing the allegorical figures of Justice (with a sword and weight scale) and Peace (with a laurel branch) paying homage to the
lion of St. Mark. •
Andrea Dandolo:
Venetian Chronicle (Chronicon Venetum) from the time of St Mark to 1339, extended by
Rafaino Caresini to 1388, from manuscripts in the Este and Ambrosian Libraries. • Lodovico Bonconte Monaldeschi: Fragments of the chronicle of Rome written In Italian (
Fragmenta annalium Romanorum) from 1328 to 1340, from manuscripts in the
Imperial Library of Vienna. •
Domenico da Gravina: Chronicle of events in
Apulia from 1333 to 1350, from manuscripts in the
Imperial Library of Vienna. • Fr. Giovanni Cornazzani:
Fragments of the history Parma (Historiae Parmensis fragmenta) from 1301 to 1355, translated into Italian with additions until 1379, from a Torelli manuscript. •
Guglielmo Cortusi:
History of the novelties of Padua and Lombardy (Chronica de novitatibus Padue et Lombardie) from 1256 To 1364, from the version by of Felice Osio corrected from four other sources (Domenico Molin, Francesco and Marco Antonio Mussati,
Bartolomeo Petardi, and Giacomo Filippo Thomassini). • Anon.: Two additions to ''
Cortusi's chronicle (Additamenta duo ad Chronicon Cortusiorum)'' one from 1359 to about 1365 and the other from 1354 to 1391, in the Padua dialect from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. •
Galvano Fiamma:
Essay on the deeds of Azzone, Luchino and Giovanni Visconti (Opusculum de rebus gestis ab Azone, Luchino et Johanne Vicecomitibus) from 1328 To 1342, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, with notes by Giuseppe Antonio Sassi. •
Bonincontro Morigia: Chronicle of Monza from its foundation to 1349, referring mainly to the deeds of former
Visconti leaders, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana.
Volume 13 • Dedication to Cardinal
Agostino Cusani, with a portrait engraved by
Francesco Zucchi. •
Giovanni Villani: Universal history from the foundation of
Florence (
Historia universalis a condita Florentia) to 1348, written in Italian in a new edition from a manuscript in the collection of Venetian patrician Giovanni Battista Recanati. •
Bartholomew of Neocastro:
History of Sicily (Historia Sicula) from the death of
Fredrick II in 1250 to 1294, from a
Messina manuscript. •
Matteo Palmieri:
On the life and deeds of Niccolò Acciaiuoli (De vita et rebus gestis Nicolai Acciaioli) from 1310 to 1366, in Latin from the
Nardò manuscripts. •
Conforto da Costozza:
Fragments of the history of Vicenza (Fragmenta historiae vicentinae) from 1371 to 1387, from a Venetian manuscript.
Volume 14 • Dedication to Cardinal Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón, with a portrait engraved by
Francesco Zucchi. •
Matteo Villani &
Filippo Villani,
History (Historia) from 1348 to 1364, updated against two manuscripts. •
Jacobus Malvecius:
Chronicle of Brescia (Chronicon Brixianum) from the origin of the city to the year 1332, from a manuscript in the collection of Giovanni Giacomo de Tassis of Bergamo. •
Antonio Astesano:
Poem on variety of fortunes (Carmen de varietate fortunae) or on the life and deeds of the city of
Asti from its foundation to 1342, from a Malaspina manuscript. • Anon.: Annals of
Cesena (Annales Caesenates) from 1162 to 1362, from a manuscript
Brandolini of
Forlì manuscript.
Volume 15 • Dedication to Cardinal
Cornelio Bentivoglio, with a portrait engraved by
Francesco Zucchi. • Andrea Dei & Angelo Tura:
Chronicle of Siena (Chronicon Senense) in Italian from 1186 to 1352 from a manuscript in Siena, published by
Uberto Benvoglienti. [Subsequently shown to be an anonymous 17th century text.] • Nerio Donati the younger:
Annals of Siena (Annales Senenses) from 1352 to 1381, from a Siena manuscript with notes by
Uberto Benvoglienti. • Anon. (contemporary):
The Este chronicle (Chronicon Estense) comprising the deeds of the
Margraves of Este from 1200 to 1354 and continued by other authors until 1393, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. •
Giovanni da Bazzano:
Chronicle of Modena (Chronicon Mutinense) from 1363 To 1363 from a Modena manuscript. • Anon. (contemporary):
Orvieto journal (Ephemerides Urbevetanae) from 1342 to 1363 written in Italian from a manuscript in the
Vatican Library. • Daniele di Chinasso:
The war of Chioggia (Belli apud fossam Clodiam) and elsewhere between Venice and Genoa from 1378, in Italian from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. • Bartolomeo Gorelli, an Arrezo notary:
Deeds of the city of Arrezo (De rebus gestis in civitate Aretina) from 1300 to 1384, a poem written in Italian from a Siena manuscript. • Anon.:
Chronicle of Rimini (Chronicon Ariminense) from c. 1188 to 1385 and continued until 1352, from a Rimini manuscript. • Anon.: Records of Pisa from 1089 to 1389 and continued 1406 from a manuscript in the
Laurentian Library.
Volume 16 • Dedication to the City of Milan Prefect and Council of 60 Decurioni, with an engraving by
Girolamo Ferroni. • Anon.:
Lives of the bishops and patriarchs of Aquileia (
Vitae episcoporum et patriarcharum Aquileiensium) from the first century to 1358, from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, cols. 1–18; and •
Antonio Belloni:
Lives of the Aquileia patriarchs (
Vitae patriarcharum aquileiensium), a fuller version of the same, extending to 1422, from the Vatican Library, cols. 21–106. •
Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder: Lives of the
da Carrara princes from about 1355, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense compared against two others in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, pp. 109–184. •
Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder: Various historical speeches and letters, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense, pp. 185–248. • Subjects:
da Carrara family;
Francesco Novello da Carrara;
Francesco I da Carrara;
Ubertino da Carrara;
Giovanni Garzoni;
Saint Jerome;
Carlo Malatesta;
Petrarch;
Coluccio Salutati;
Giorgio Stella;
Giovanni Stella; Giacomo Filippo Thomassini;
Francesco Zabarella;
Carlo Zeno. • Anon. (contemporary):
A summary of Italian history from Frederick II (Breviarium Italicae historiae a temporibus Friderici II augusti) to 1354, from a manuscript in the Pauline Library
Leipzig, cols. 249–288. •
Pietro Azario:
Deeds of the Visconti princes (
Chronicon de gestis principum Vicecomitum) from 1250 to 1362, and The
Canavese war (De bello canapiciano), 1339, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. cols. 291–424 • A note on the
Canavese war (De bello canapiciano). cols. 291–424; 425–440 • Giovanni di Musso:
The Piacenza chronicle (Chronicon Placentinum) from 222 to 1402, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. cols. 441-634.. • Anon.: The Milanese Chronicle (
Annales Mediolanenses) from 1230 to 1402, from a Novara manuscript. cols. 635–840. •
Castello Castelli:
Bergamo Guelph-Ghibellin Chronicle (
Chronicon Bergomense Guelpho-Ghibellinum) from 1378 to 1407, from a Bergamo manuscript. cols. 841–1020. • Peter of
Castelletto:
Funeral order and oration for Gian Galeazzo Visconti (Ordo funeris Johannis Galeatii Vicecomitis) Duke of Milan in 1402, from a manuscript belonging to
Francesco Arisi of Cremona, cols. 1021–1054. •
Sozomeno da Pistoia:
Model history (Specimen historiae) from 1362 to 1410, from a manuscript in the collection of
Giovanni Battista Resta, cols. 1057-1204.
Volume 17 • Dedication to the
Republic of Genoa with engraving by
Francesco Zucchi. • Galeazzo and Andrea Gatari: Two versions of the
Chronicle of Padua (Chronicon Patavinum), written in Italian, from 1311 to 1406, compared side by side, from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Estense. Attachment by Galeazzo Gatari. • Giorgio Stella:
Genoa Chronicle (Annales Genuenses) from 1298 to 1409, extended to 1435 by Giovanni Stella, his brother, from manuscripts in Verona, the Biblioteca Ambrosiana and Genoa. cols. 945–1318 • Anon.:
The little Ripalta chronicle (
Chronicon parvum Ripaltae) from 1195 to 1405, from a
Malaspina manuscript, cols. 1319–1326.
Volume 18 • Dedication to cardinal
Prospero Lambertini, with a portrait by
Francesco Zucchi. • Pietro Gazata:
Reggio Emilia chronicle (Chronicon regiense) from 1372 to 1388, from an Biblioteca Estense manuscript. cols. 1-98. • Matteo Griffoni:
Historical records of Bologna (Memoriale historicum rerum Bononiensium) from 1109 to 1428, from a Bologna manuscript. cols. 101–234. • Bartolomeo della Pugliola:
Miscellaneous history of Bologna (Historia miscella bononiensis) from 1104 to 1394, extended to 1471 by other contemporaries, in Italian from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Estense. cols. 237–792. •
Giovanni Sercambi:
Chronicle of Lucca (Chronicon de rebus gestis Lucensium/Croniche del secondo libro di Lucca) from 1400 to 1408, in Italian from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. cols. 793–898. • , chancellor of
Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara:
Este chronicle (Annales Estenses) from 1393 to 1409, from a manuscript in the Este library, cols. 903–1096. • Gino Capponi:
Historical records of Florence (Monumenta historica de rebus Florentinorum) from 1378 to 1419, continued by his son
Neri until 1456, in Italian from Florentine manuscripts with a portraits of Gino Capponi and his son by
Girolamo Rossi. cols. 1097–1220.
Volume 19 • Dedication to
Giuseppe Maria Gonzaga with portrait engraved by Francesco Zucchi. •
Andrea Biglia:
History of Milan (Rerum mediolanensium historia) from 1402 to 1431, from manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Novara and belonging to
Carlo Pertusati, cols. 1–158. •
Matteo Palmieri:
Capture of Pisa (De captivitate pisarum), or of the war against Pisa conducted by Florance in 1406, from a Florentine manuscript. cols. 161–194. • Giacomo Zeno:
Life of Carlo Zeno (
Vita Caroli Zeni) from about 1334 to 1418 his nephew, from a manuscript in the Padua Seminary. cols. 197–380. • Anon.:
Siena chronicle (
Annales Senenses) from 1385 to 1422 from a Siena manuscript, cols. 383–428. •
Giovanni Antonio Campani:
Life of Braccio da Montone (Brachii Perusini vita) from 1368 to 1424, previously printed in Basel, 1545, cols. 431–622. • Lodrisio Crivelli:
The life and deeds of Francisco Sforza (De vita rebusque gestis Sfortiae, bellicosissimi ducis) from approximately 1369 to 1424, from manuscripts in the French royal library (
Bibliothecae Christianissimi Regis), cols. 623–732. • Andrea De Redusis De Quero:
The Treviso chronicle (Chronicon Tarvisinum) from 1368 to 1428, from a
Collalto family manuscript, cols. 735–866. • Girolamo da Forli:
The Forolivian chronicle (Chronicon foroliviense) from 1397 to 1433, from a Brandolini manuscript. cols. 869-908. •
Leonardo Bruni of
Arezzo:
Commentary on events of his time (Rerum suo tempore gestarum commentarius) from 1378 to 1340, previously published but now corrected against a
Bergamo manuscript. cols. 909–942. • Anon:
History of Florence (Historia Florentina) from 1406 to1438, in Italian from an Biblioteca Estense manuscript. cols. 945–984. •
Giannozzo Manetti:
Pistoia chronicle (Chronicon Pistoriense) from the founding of the city until 1446, from a Florentine manuscript. cols. 985–1076.
Volume 20 • Dedication to
Francesco Maria d'Este (later, Duke of Modena) with a portrait by
Francesco Zucchi. • Giovanni Bandino de Bartolomei:
History Of Siena (Historia Senensis) from 1202 to 1422, continued by his great-grandson Francesco Tomassi, and Pietro Russi until 1468, from a manuscript provided by Uberto Benvoglienti. cols. 1–64. • Porcellio Pandoni: Commentaries of Count
Jacopo Piccinino (Commentaria comitis Iacobi Picinini) in 1352, during the war between
Venice and
Milan, from a manuscript in
Bergamo. cols. 65–154. •
Poggio Bracciolini:
History of Florence (Historia Florentina) an updated edition of that published by Giovanni Battista Recanati with a portrait by Antonio Luciani. cols. 157–434. • Giovanni da Ferrara:
Excerpts from the chronicles of the Este princes (Excerpta ex annalibus principum Estensium) from 1409 to 1454, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. cols. 437–474. •
Bartolomeo Platina:
The life of Neri di Gino Capponi (Vita clarissimi viri Nerii Capponii), from a manuscript in the
Strozzi library. cols. 475–516. • :{{Refn|Naldo Naldi (1439–1513) was a Florentine poet and historian who for a period was very close to the
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Bartolomeo Platina: History of the city of Mantua (Historia urbis Mantuae) from its origin to the year 1464, originally published by
Peter Lambeck, now revised. cols. 609–862. • Antonio de Ripalta:
The Piacenza chronicle (Annales Placentini) from 1401 to 1458 and continued by Alberto De Ripalta until 1484, from a Piacenza manuscript. cols. 865–978. •
Pietro Candido Decembrio:
Life of Filippo Maria Visconti, third Duke of Milan (Vita Philippi Mariae Vicecomitis Mediolanensium) published in 1625, but checked and enlarged from a manuscript in the library of the monks of Saint Ambrose of Milan. cols. 981–1020. • Pietro Candido Decembrio:
Life of Francesco Sforza, fourth duke of Milan (Vita Francisci Sfortiae IV Mediolanensium ducis) from 1401 to 1462, from a manuscript in the French royal library (
Bibliothecae Christianissimi regis). cols. 1021–1046. • Pietro Candido Decembrio:
Oration at the funeral of Nicolò Piccinino (Oratio Petri Candidi Decembrii in funere Nicolai Picinini) in 1444, translated into Italian by Polismagna, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. cols. 1047–1090.
Volume 21 • Dedication to
André-Hercule de Fleury with a portrait by
Francesco Zucchi. •
Lorenzo Bonincontri:
Chronicle of San Miniato (Annales Laurentii Bonincontrii miniatensis) from 1360 to 1458, from a San Miniato manuscript. cols. 1–162. • Giovanni Simonetta:
History of the deeds Francesco I Sforza (Historiae de rebus gestis Francisci I Sfortiae) from 1421 to 1466, previously published, now corrected & enlarged, cols. 165–782. • Cristoforo da Soldo:
Brescia chronicle (Annales Brixiani) from 1437 to 1468, in Italian, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. cols. 785–914. • Guernerio da Gubbio:
Chronicle of Gubbio (Chronicon Eugubinum) from 1350 to 1372, in Italian, from a manuscript in the Vatican Library. cols. 917–1024. • Anon.:
Neapolitan diary (Diaria Neapolitana) from 1266 to 1478, from a manuscript in the collection of Francisco Valletta. cols. 1027–1138. •
Giovanni Garzoni:
On the greatness of the city of Bologna (De dignitate urbis Bononiae commentarius), from a Bologna manuscript. cols. 1139–1168. • Adamo di Montaldo: In praise of the
House of Doria (De laudibus familiae de Auria) , from a Genoa manuscript. cols. 1171–1186. • :
Commentary on the war of Ferrara (Commentarius de bello Ferrariensi) from 1482 to 1484, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. cols. 1191–1218.
Volume 22 • Dedication to Cardinal
Annibale Albani, with a portrait by Francesco Zucchi • Tristano Caracciolo:
Historical essays (Opuscula historica), from a
Caracciolo family manuscript: •
Life of Joanna I of Naples. cols. 7–18; •
Life of Giovanni (Sergianni) Caracciolo, Great Steward of Naples. cols. 19–38; •
Life of Giovanni Battista Spinelli, Count of
Cariati. cols. 39–66; •
On the variety of fortune (De varietate fortunae). cols. 67–96; •
On the Inquisition (De inquisitione), a letter. cols. 97–106; •
Genealogy of Charles I (Genealogia Caroli primi regis Neapolis). cols. 107–112 • On
Ferdinand I (De Ferdinando). cols. 113–120; •
Defence of Neapolitan nobility (Nobilitatis Neapolitanae defensio). cols. 121–128. • Anon.:
Annals of Forlì (Annales Forolivienses) from 1275 to 1473, from a Brandolini manuscript. cols. 131–240. • Anon.:
Parma diary (Diarium Parmense) from 1477 to 1482, from a
Caracciolo family manuscript. cols. 243–398. •
Marino Sanudo the Younger:
Lives of the dukes of Venice (Vitae ducum Venetorum), in Italian (''Vite de' duchi di Venezia''), from 421 to 1493, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense. cols. 399–1252.
Volume 23 • Dedication to the
College of Judges and Knights of Milan, with an engraving by
Francesco Zucchi • Antonio Hyvani:
Short treatise on the Volterra war of 1472 (Commentariolus de bello Volaterrano), from manuscripts held by the counts of
Guidoni and the
Strozziana Library, cols. 1–20. • Lodriso Crivelli:
Two books on the expedition of Pope Pius II against the Turks (Libri duo de expeditione Pii papae secundi in Turcas), from a manuscript acquired by
Filippo Argelati, cols. 21–80. • Jacopo Gherardi (Volaterrano):
Roman Diary (Diarium Romanum) from 1472 to 1484, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense, cols. 81–200. •
Agostino Patrizi de Piccolomini:
Visit of Frederick III to Pope Paul II (Descriptio adventus Friderici III imperatoris ad Paulum papam II), from a manuscript in the collection of
Jean Mabillon, cols. 201–216. •
Ludvico Raimo, et al.: Annals of Raimo (Annales de Raimo), an outline history of Naples from 1197 to 1486, from a manuscript in the collection of Ignazio Maria Como, cols. 217–240. • Antonius Gallus:
Historical essays on the deeds of the people of Genoa and on the navigation of Columbus (Opuscula historica de rebus gestis populi Genuensis et de navigatione Columbi), from a Genoese manuscript, cols. 241–304. • Benvenuto Sangiorgio:
History of Montferrat (Historia Montis-Ferrati) from to 1490, previously published, cols. 305–762. • :
Sienese journal (Ephemerides Senenses) in Italian
, from 1450 to 1496, from a manuscript in the collection of , cols. 763–860. • Girolamo Albertucci de' Borselli:
Annals of Bologna (Annales Bononienses) from 1418 to 1497, from a manuscript in Bologna, cols. 863-916. •
Andrea Navagero:
A history of Venice (Historia Veneta) in Italian, from its origins to 1498, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense, cols. 919–1216.
Volume 24 • Dedication to Francis Stephen of Lorraine (later
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor) and
Maria Theresa of Hapsburg with an allegorical engraving with an oval portrait of the dedicatees by
Francesco Zugno engraved by
Francesco Zucchi. •
Marino Sanudo the Younger:
The French War, events in Italy carried out by Charles VIII and Louis XII (De Bello Gallico, sive de rebus in Italia gestis a Carolo VIII, et Lodovico XII) from 1494 to 1500, in Italian, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense, cols. 1–166. • Anon.:
Ferrara journal (Diarium Ferrariense) from 1409 to 1502, in Italian, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense, cols. 169–408. • :
The Four Books on Corsican Affairs (De rebus Corsicis) from the time of the Romans to 1506, from a manuscript in the French Royal Library (
Bibliothecae Christianissimi regis), cols. 409–506.. • of Genoa:
Commentary on Genoese affairs (De rebus Genuensibus commentaria) from 1488 to 1514 from a manuscript in the Vatican, cols. 509–634. APPENDIX
(Works which arrived too late to include in the earlier chronological volumes.) •
Anonymus Valesianus:
Excerpts on Constantius Chlorus, Constantine the Great, and other emperors (De Constantio Chloro, Constantino Magno et aliis imperatoribus), previously published by
Henri Valois, reprinted with annotations by , royal historian. edita. • Anon:
Fragments on the history of Pisa (Fragmenta Historiae Pisanae) in the Pisan dialect, from 1091 to 1337, plus other material (in Latin) from 1270 to 1280 by Guido de Vallechia, from the collection of
Antonio Nicolini, and another in the Strozzi Library, cols. 641-694. • [Bartholomew] Nicolaus of Ferrara:
Universal history (Polyhistoria) in Italian from 1287 to 1367, from the collection of Boniface Rangoni, cols. 695–848. • Anon:
Annals of the city of Arezzo (Annales urbis Arretinae) from 1192 to 1343, from the collection of
Francesco Redi, cols. 851–882
. • [Stephen, abbot of Montis Alti]:
Brief history of the monastery at Nardò (Chronicon Neritinum) from 1090 to 1368, extended by another to 1412, from the collection of Giovanni Bernardino Tafuri, cols. 883–922. [Shown to be a forgery.] • [Angelo Tafuro]:
Description of the war undertaken by the Venetians (Descriptio Belli a Venetis) in the Province of Otranto in 1484. [Part of the same forgery.] • Anon
Chronicle of Subiaco (Chronicon Sublacense), or catalog of the abbots of the Subiaco monastery from around the year 595 to 1390 from a Roman manuscript, cols. 925-966. • Antonio Petri:
Roman Diary (Diarium romanum) from the year 1404 to 1417, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Estense, cols. 969–1066. • Antonio Nerli:
Brief Chronicle of the Benedictine monastery of San Andrea in Mantua (Breve chronicon monasterii Mantuani Sancti Andreae Ord. Benedict), from 1017 to 1418, from a manuscript in
Polirone Abbey, cols. 1069–1084. • Anon:
Fragments of Sicilian History (Fragmenta Siculae historiae) from 1287 to 1434, from the collection of Innocenzo Roccaforte, cols. 1085–1100. • Paolo Petrone:
Historical Miscellany (Miscellanea historica Pauli filii Laelii Petroni romani), from 1433 to 1446, from a manuscript in the Vatican, cols. 1101–1130. •
Michele Savonarola:
Short treatise on the praises of Padua (Commentariolus de laudibus Patavii) composed in 1440, from the collection of Sertorio Orsato, cols. 1133–1186. • Giuliano of
Cividale del Friuli:
Fragments of the Chronicle of Friuli (Fragmenta chronici Foroiuliensis) with additions from 1252 to 1364, from the collection of Giuseppe Bini, cols. 1189–1230.
Volume 25 • Dedication to
Giuseppe Pozzobonelli with an engraving by
Marc’Antonio Dal Re. Allegorical frontispiece by F. Zugni, engraved by
Francesco Zucchi. • Porcellio Pandoni:
Commentaries on the Deeds of Jacopo Piccinino (Commentaria Rerum gestarum a Jacobo Picinino) during the 1453 war between the Venetians and
Francesco Sforza, from the collection of
Marco Foscarini, pp. [2], cols. 1–66. •
Georgius Merula:
The Second Decade of the History of Milan (Historiarum Mediolani decas secunda), from a manuscript in the collection of , cols. 69–248. •
Vespasiano da Bisticci:
The lives of Eugene IV and Nicholas V (Eugenii IV et Nicolai V pontificum Romanorum vitae) with a dedication to Luc'Antonio degli Albizi, from a manuscript in the collection of Lorenzo Mehus
, cols. 249–290. •
Leon Battista Alberti: Commentary on the
Porcari conspiracy (
Commentarius de coniuratione porcaria), from a manuscript in the collection of Lorenzo Mehus, cols. 295–304
(Vita Leonis Baptistae Alberti) and cols. 307–314
(De porcaria coniuratione). • Antonio Agostini:
History of the siege of Piombino (Historia obsidionis Plumbini) in 1448, a poem in octaves and triplets
, from a manuscript in the collection of Lorenzo Mehus, cols. 317–370. • Francesco Aleardi:
Speech in praise of Francesco Sforza (Oratio in laudem Francisci Sfortiae vicecomitis) delivered in Verona in 1450, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, cols. 373–418. • Girolamo Crivelli:
Oration in praise of Bianca Maria Visconti (Oratio parentalis in laudem Blancae Mariae Sfortiae Vicecomitis) from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, cols. 423–432. • Giovanni Montani:
Funeral oration for Filippo Maria Visconti (Oratio funebris in morte Philippi Mariae Vicecomitis, Mediolani ducis), from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, cols. 433–442. • Eliseo della Manna:
The victory of Cremona under Nicolò Piccinino in the naval battle against the Venetians (
Victoria Cremonensium in navali bello sub Nicolao Picinino ... contra venetos ...) in 1431
, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, cols. 443–452. • Agostino Rosso d'Aragona:
In praise of Gian Galeazzo Sforza (in laudem Johannis Galeatii Sfortiae Vicecomitis) in 1478
, from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, cols. 453–462. • Leonardo Griffi:
On the conflict with Braccio of Perugia, leader of the forces at Aquila (De conflictu Brachii Perusini armorum ductoris apud Aquilam) from a manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, cols. 463–478. •
Girolamo Tartarotti: O
n the authors praised by Andrea Dandolo in the Venetian Chronicle (De auctoribus ab Andrea Dandulo laudatis in chronico veneto), epistolary dissertation addressed to Francesco Giuseppe Rosmini
, cols. I-XXVIII. INDEXES • Catalog of authors and works contained in each volume, pp. 1–40. • Catalog of authors in alphabetical order, pp. 43–82. • Catalog of authors arranged by location and region, pp. 83–127. • Catalog of charters and other ancient documents in chronological order, pp. 129–158. • Geographical index of provinces, cities, towns, and other places, as well as mountains and rivers, pp. 159–205. • Index of families, pp. 207–370. == Second Series (
RIS2) ==