Annales martyrum

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The Annales martyrum is a medieval Iberian annalistic composition that compiles a series of records in chronological order, mostly related to Christian martyrs.

Two medieval versions of this text are known.[1] The first was copied onto a folio added to the so-called Códice de Azagra in the 10th century and was probably written in the Monastery of Cardeña.[2] The second is found in the Códice de Roda, a manuscript produced in La Rioja at the end of the 10th century.[3] In this version, the annalistic series is preceded by a list of ten Roman emperors who persecuted the Christians,[4] titled Nomina imperatorum qui christianis persequuti sunt.

References

  1. ^ Martín, José Carlos (2011), “Los Annales martyrum transmitidos por Madrid, BN, 10029 y Madrid, BRAH, 78: edición, estudio y panorámica de su influencia en la literatura analística latina de la Hispania medieval”, Anuario de Estudios Medievales 41: 311-341; Bautista, Francisco (2016), “Sobre el origen e influencia de los Annales martyrum”, Hispania Sacra 68: 477-490.
  2. ^ Madrid: Biblioteca Nacional de España, 10029, fol. 144v. The text was initially published in Flórez, Enrique (1751). España Sagrada, vol. 6, Madrid: Oficina de Antonio Marín, 347-350, and later in Martín, José Carlos (2011), “Los Annales martyrum transmitidos por Madrid, BN, 10029 y Madrid, BRAH, 78: edición, estudio y panorámica de su influencia en la literatura analística latina de la Hispania medieval”, Anuario de Estudios Medievales 41: 313-314.
  3. ^ Madrid: Biblioteca de la Real Academia de la Historia, 78, fol. 193. Published in Martín, José Carlos (2011), “Los Annales martyrum transmitidos por Madrid, BN, 10029 y Madrid, BRAH, 78: edición, estudio y panorámica de su influencia en la literatura analística latina de la Hispania medieval”, Anuario de Estudios Medievales 41: 318-320.
  4. ^ Furtado, Rodrigo (2020). "Emulating Neighbours in Medieval Iberia Around 1000: A Codex from La Rioja (Madrid, RAH, cód. 78)". Conflict and Collaboration in Medieval Iberia. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-1-5275-5454-2.