Beinecke MS 357               Italy, s. XV^^1
Annals of Genoa, to 1293

Beinecke MS 357 contains an abbreviated version of the text printed by G. H.
Pertz, ed., MGH SS v. 18 (Hannover, 1863); page numbers in square brackets refer
to this edition.

1. ff. 1r-2r [Preface:] Hec est cronica comunis Ianue quam cepit recitare
Cafarus egregius Ianuensis ciuis...fidem christi predicarunt martirio coronati
sunt anni xxxvi post passionem christi.

2. ff. 2r-16r Cafari annales (1099-1163), beginning: Tempore enim stolli
cesarie paulo ante in ciuitate Ianue cumpagna [sic]...[pp. 11-56].

3. ff. 16r-23v Oberti cancellarii annales (1164-73), beginning: Gestarum
rerum quas quondam Ianua gessit/...[pp. 56-96].

4. ff. 23v-37r Ottoboni scribae annales (1174-96), beginning: Congruum quidem
et equitati atque iusticie consentaneum esse dignoscitur...[pp. 96-114].

5. ff. 37r-52v Ogerii Panis annales (1197-1219), beginning: Cum perutile
uideatur existere et communitate Ianue et tam presentibus quam...[pp. 115-42].


6. ff. 52v-58r Marchisii scribae annales (1220-24), beginning: Necessarium si
quidem generi reperitur vt quod natura non valet...[pp. 142-56].

7. ff. 58r-91v Bartholomaei scribae annales (1225-48), beginning: Anno
dominice nactiuitatis m^^o cc xxv fuit in regimine ciuitatis vir nobilis
Blanchaleo...[pp. 156-225].

8. ff. 91v-108r Annales ianuenses (1249-64), beginning: Anno m^^o
cc xxxx viiii potestas ciuitatis Ianue fuit dominus Albertus malauolta...
[pp. 226-48].

9. ff. 108r-111v Lanfranci Pignolli, Guillielmi de Murtedo, Marini Ususmaris,
et Henrici Marchionis de Gavio annales (1264-65), beginning: Cum autem per
quosdam viros sapientes que suprascripta sunt...[pp. 248-53].

10. ff. 111v-115r Marineti de Marino, Guillielmi de Murtedo iuris peritorum,
Marini Ususmaris et Iohannis Suzoboni laicorum annales (1265-66), beginning:
Quoniam non currente M^^o cc1xv per quatuor viros sapientes digne que
suprascripta...[pp. 254-58].

11. ff. 115r-117v Nicolai Guerci et Guillielmi de Murtedo ictorum, Enrici
Droci et Bonivassalli Ususmaris laicorum annales (1257-69), beginning: Cum uero
per quosdam uiros sapientes que suprascripta sunt in M^^o cclxvi seriatim...
[pp. 259-66].

12. ff. 117v-133r Oberti Stanconi, Iacobi Aurie Marchisini de Cassino et
Bertolini Bonifatii annales (1270-79), beginning: Istoriogrophus [sic]
noster capharus opus cepit laudabile...[pp. 267-88].

13. ff. 133r-162v Iacobi Aurie annales ianuenses (1280-94), beginning:
Quoniam multa et magna vtilitas et [sic] preterita et presentia...
[pp. 288-356].

14. ff. 163r-172v De galeis xxvi et nauibus vi pro gentibus Ierosolimam et de
coronatione regis Ierusalem ac lumine quod apparuit mirabiliter anno domini
Mlxxxxviiij...Malefactores multiplicantes quorum ordinationes potestas Ianue
obseruare habebat in. [?] Finita cronica scripta ad officium bulletarum
communis Ianue. ff. 173r-175r ruled, but blank

     Table of contents for arts. 1-12, incomplete, since most of the references
to the precise year were not entered.

15. ff. 175v-176r Annotated list of cognomens, dated 1440, added by a
contemporary hand.  ff. 176v-177r blank

16. f. 177v Pen drawing of a bearded man labelled "La fassa di senacherib re
di oriente" and the names of the winds arranged in a circle.

     Paper (coarse, brown; watermarks: unidentified bull's head buried in gutter),
ff. i (paper) + 177 + i (paper), 213 x 150 (145 x 85) mm. Folios 1-20: 26 long
lines ruled in lead and vertical bounding lines full length; ff. 21-177: ca.
23 long lines, written space frame-ruled in lead.  Prickings in upper, lower and
outer margins.
     I^^20, II^^32, III-V^^20, VI^^24, VII^^20, VIII^^22 (-22).
     Written by two scribes.  Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-45v, 158r-163v, 168r-172v): compact
fere-humanistic script with exagerrated flourishes at conclusion of most lines;
catchwords along lower edge near inner vertical bounding line.  Scribe 2
(ff. 46r-157v, 164r-167v):  well spaced informal humanistic script; catchwords
in center of lower margin.  Marginal annotations and arts. 15-16 added,
s.xv-xvi, by several hands.
     Stained throughout.
     Binding:  s. xix.  Rigid vellum, gold-tooled.  Stamped, in gold, on
spine: "Caffari Chronica MS."

Written in Italy, possibly in Genoa, in the first half of the 15th century;
heavily used and annotated, s. xv-xvi.  Belonged to Sir Henry Edward Bunbury,
7th Bart. (1778-1860; DNB, v. 3, pp. 265-67); his bookplate and inscription on
front pastedown: "Henry Edward Bunbury/ Bo^^t at Genoua. Feb.^^ry 1828.  Pr. 60
Francs."  Presented to the Beinecke Library in 1966 by Thomas E. Marston.

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Barbara A. Shailor