The textual transmission of the Mozarabic Chronicle of 754

Author: de Hartmann C.C.

Source: Early Medieval Europe, Volume 8, Number 1, March 1999 , pp. 13-29(17)

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Abstract:

The so-called Mozarabic Chronicle of 754 is a work of extraordinary value for the history of the Arab conquest of Spain since it is an eyewitness account of the events. Because of the difficulty it presents, the text was largely neglected by historians, until two recent editions, translations into Spanish and English and several studies have returned it to the central place it deserves as a source for the eighth century. In this article I want to look at some aspects of its textual history which have not previously been studied in sufficient depth, for the light they shed both on the circulation of historical works in medieval Spain and on the history of two mysterious codices, a Mozarabic manuscript of which only six folios remain, and the lost Alcobaciensis manuscript.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1999-03-01