The ''Corpus Chronicorum Bononiensium'' is a collection of
Renaissance-era
chronicle
A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and lo ...
s dealing with the history of
Bologna.
The collection includes the closely related ''Cronaca Rampona'' and ''Cronaca Varignana''. ''Cronaca Rampona'' was formerly misattributed to Ridolfo Ramponi (whence its conventional title). The text of these chronicles mostly consists of the ''Antichità di Bologna'' by the
Franciscan friar
Bartolomeo della Pugliola
The ''Corpus Chronicorum Bononiensium'' is a collection of Renaissance-era chronicle
A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as i ...
(c. 1358–1422/5), which consists of annals down to 1420,
which in the case of the ''Cronaca Rampona'' was extended in similar style down to the year 1535.
The texts of the collection were edited by
Albano Sorbelli Albano Sorbelli (Fanano, 2 May 1875- Benedello, 22 March 1944) was an Italians, Italian historian, bibliographer and librarian. He was the director of the Archiginnasio, Biblioteca Comunale of the Archiginnasio of Bologna from 1904 until 1943.
Biog ...
in 1906 and the years following.
References
Italian chronicles
History of Bologna
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