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Giovanni Codagnello

April 14, 2024

Giovanni Codagnello (c. 1154 – after 1235) was an Italian notary and historian.

The underlined text reads: a codagnello seriatim dicta iohanne – "by Codagnello, at the same time called John".

Life edit

Codagnello was born around 1154 in Piacenza.[1] His surname was sometimes Latinized as Caputagni.[2] Between 1199 and 1230, he is attested as a notary in documents from Piacenza and Cremona as both certifier and witness. He was for a time the pro tempore notary of the government of Piacenza.[3] On 31 March 1202, he drew up a treaty of peace between, on the one side, Piacenza and Milan and, on the other, Pavia. In 1222, he witnessed a charter in Fiorenzuola d'Arda.[4]

In 1226, Codagnello campaigned for the restoration of the Lombard League and Piacenza's joining it.[5] He is best known for his collection of historical writings in Latin. Altogether these cover the history of the world from the Great Flood down to 1235. It is probable that Codagnello spent the years 1230–1235 working on his history and died not long after.[4]

Works edit

Codagnello identifies himself as the author and compiler in some verses at the beginning of his collection. The rest of the collection is in prose. It is contained in a single parchment manuscript, now in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS lat. 4931. The manuscript is not the autograph but an early copy, made in Italy in the mid-13th century.[4] It contains ten distinct texts, some authored or edited by Codagnello and others merely copied by him:[6]

  1. Liber rerum gestarum (folios 1a–55b)
    This is a mythical and legendary chronicle based in part on the Historia Romana and Historia Langobardorum of Paul the Deacon. It begins with a discourse on the ages of the world based on Augustine of Hippo, followed by the foundation of Troy. It contains legendary accounts of the founding of Piacenza and Milan and ends with an equally legendary account of Charlemagne's invasion of Spain.[4][7][8] Georg Pertz gave this text the title Chronicon de sex aetatibus mundi ('chronicle of the six ages of the world'), but Codagnello says that "there are four ages: golden, silver, bronze and iron" (quatuor sunt etates: aurea, argentea, enea et ferrea).[4]
  2. Istoria qualiter translatum est imperium Romanum in Francia apud Teothonicos (folios 55b–56a)
    This is a short treatise on the translatio imperii.[4][7]
  3. Istoria Longobardorum (folios 56a–57a)
    This is a one-page epitome of Paul the Deacon's Historia Langobardorum.[4][7]
  4. a brief account of the conversion of Constantine and his move to Constantinople (folio 57a–c)[4][9]
  5. a notice of "a great sedition ... among people and knights" (sedicio magna ... inter populum et milites) that took place in Piacenza in 1090 (folios 57c–58b)[10]
  6. Libellus tristitie et doloris, angustie et tribulationis, passionum et tormentorum (folios 58b–70c)
    Codagnello's title translates "booklet of the sadness and pain, anguish and tribulation, suffering and torment". This is a revised version of an existing text, Narratio de Longobardie, edited by Codagnello to bring it in line with his Guelph views. He seems to have viewed Frederick I "through the prism" of the reigning emperor, Frederick II.[7][11]
  7. Annales Placentini (folios 70c–105c)
    This is a chronicle of 1031–1235 with a focus on Piacenza and Lombardy.[4][7] It was based on earlier chronicles and some contemporary Milanese chronicles and in turn served as the basis for the later Ghibelline Chronicle of Piacenza.[12] It contains phrases identical to those found in the treaty Codagnello drafted in 1202.[4]
  8. Gesta Federici in expeditione sacra (folios 105d–107c)[4][7]
    This is an account of Frederick I's expedition on the Third Crusade, not written by Codagnello.[13][14]
  9. Gesta obsidionis Damiate (folios 107c–115c)[4][7]
    This account of the siege of Damietta on the Fifth Crusade is usually attributed to Codagnello.[15][16]
  10. Summe legum Longobardorum (folios 115c–116b)
    This is a brief treatise on the Lombards, their arrival in Italy, the meaning of their name and their laws.[4][7]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Galbiati 2020. Dell'Aprovitola & Hartmann 2016 gives the dates as 1172–1230, perhaps a floruit.
  2. ^ Arnaldi 1982. Modern scholarship sometimes Latinizes it Iohannes Codagnellus.
  3. ^ Arnaldi 1982; Dell'Aprovitola & Hartmann 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Arnaldi 1982.
  5. ^ Raccagni 2016, p. 724.
  6. ^ All these texts have been published. See Arnaldi 1982 for editions.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Bordini 2009, p. 283n.
  8. ^ Galbiati 2020.
  9. ^ Bordini 2009, p. 283n, calls this a "news flash" (notizia-lampo).
  10. ^ Arnaldi 1982. Both modern editors of the Annales Placentini have seen this separate notice as part of the Annales. According to Bordini 2009, p. 283n, this notice was treated as the incipit of the Annales by Holder-Egger, but was inserted into the Annales between 1088 and 1091 by Pertz.
  11. ^ Busch 2001, pp. 83–84.
  12. ^ Cochrane 1981, pp. 101–101.
  13. ^ Loud 2010, p. 10.
  14. ^ Holder-Egger 1892.
  15. ^ Witt 2012, p. 445.
  16. ^ Vasina 2003, pp. 328–329.

Bibliography edit

  • Arnaldi, Girolamo (1982). "Codagnello, Giovanni". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 26: Cironi–Collegno (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. pp. 562–568. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
  • Bordini, Simone (2009). "La memoria di Ubertino Landi: Ricerche tra biografia e storiografia". In Roberto Greci (ed.). Studi sul medioevo emiliano: Parma e Piecenza in età comunale. Bologna: CLUEB. pp. 281–329.
  • Busch, Jörg W. (1997). Die Mailänder Geschichtsschreibung zwischen Arnulf und Galvaneus Flamma: Die Beschäftigung mit der Vergangenheit im Umfeld einer oberitalienischen Kommune vom späten 11. bis zum frühen 14. Jahrhundert. Munich: Fink.
  • Busch, Jörg W. (2001). "Sulle tracce della memoria comunale di Milano: Le opere dei laici del XII e XIII secolo nel Manipulus florum di Galvano Fiamma". In Paolo Chiesa (ed.). Le cronache medievali di Milano. Milan: Vita e Pensiero. pp. 79–88.
  • Castignoli, P. (1986). "Giovanni Codagnello, notaio, cancelliere del comune di Piacenza e cronista". In E. Falconi; R. Peveri (eds.). Il Registrum magnum del comune di Piacenza. Milan. pp. 273–302.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Cochrane, Eric (1981). Historians and Historiography in the Italian Renaissance. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • De Angelis, Gianmarco (2004). "Capere destruere et comburere: Lessico e forme della guerra negli Annales di Giovanni Codagnello" (PDF). Bollettino Storico Piacentino. 99 (2): 177–206.
  • Dell'Aprovitola, Valentina; Hartmann, Florian (2016). "Codagnello, Giovanni". In Graeme Dunphy; Cristian Bratu (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle. Brill Online. doi:10.1163/2213-2139_emc_SIM_00742. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  • Galbiati, Roberto (2020). "At Roncevaux without Roland: Giovanni Codagnello's Gesta Carli Francorum regis (1219–1222)". Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie. 136 (4): 934–951. doi:10.1515/zrp-2020-0052. S2CID 227218402.
  • Gatti, D. (1991). "Codagnello, Giovanni". In B. Andreolli; et al. (eds.). Repertorio della cronachistica emiliano-romagnola: secc. IX–XV. Rome. pp. 267–271.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Holder-Egger, O. (1891). "Ueber die historischen Werke des Johannes Codagnellus von Piacenza". Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde. 16: 251–346, 475–509.
  • Holder-Egger, O., ed. (1892). Gesta Federici I. Imperatoris in Lombardia. Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum. Vol. 27. Hanover: Hahn.
  • Loud, Graham, ed. (2010). The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa: The History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and Related Texts. Farnham: Ashgate.
  • Raccagni, Gianluca (2016). "The Crusade Against Frederick II: A Neglected Piece of Evidence" (PDF). The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 67 (4): 721–740. doi:10.1017/S002204691600066X.
  • Vasina, Augusto (2003). "Medieval Urban Historiography in Western Europe (1100–1500)". In Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis (ed.). Historiography in the Middle Ages. Leiden: Brill. pp. 317–352.
  • Witt, Ronald G. (2012). The Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

April 14, 2024
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Giovanni Codagnello c 1154 after 1235 was an Italian notary and historian The underlined text reads a codagnello seriatim dicta iohanne by Codagnello at the same time called John Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Notes 4 BibliographyLife editCodagnello was born around 1154 in Piacenza 1 His surname was sometimes Latinized as Caputagni 2 Between 1199 and 1230 he is attested as a notary in documents from Piacenza and Cremona as both certifier and witness He was for a time the pro tempore notary of the government of Piacenza 3 On 31 March 1202 he drew up a treaty of peace between on the one side Piacenza and Milan and on the other Pavia In 1222 he witnessed a charter in Fiorenzuola d Arda 4 In 1226 Codagnello campaigned for the restoration of the Lombard League and Piacenza s joining it 5 He is best known for his collection of historical writings in Latin Altogether these cover the history of the world from the Great Flood down to 1235 It is probable that Codagnello spent the years 1230 1235 working on his history and died not long after 4 Works editCodagnello identifies himself as the author and compiler in some verses at the beginning of his collection The rest of the collection is in prose It is contained in a single parchment manuscript now in Paris Bibliotheque nationale MS lat 4931 The manuscript is not the autograph but an early copy made in Italy in the mid 13th century 4 It contains ten distinct texts some authored or edited by Codagnello and others merely copied by him 6 Liber rerum gestarum folios 1a 55b This is a mythical and legendary chronicle based in part on the Historia Romana and Historia Langobardorum of Paul the Deacon It begins with a discourse on the ages of the world based on Augustine of Hippo followed by the foundation of Troy It contains legendary accounts of the founding of Piacenza and Milan and ends with an equally legendary account of Charlemagne s invasion of Spain 4 7 8 Georg Pertz gave this text the title Chronicon de sex aetatibus mundi chronicle of the six ages of the world but Codagnello says that there are four ages golden silver bronze and iron quatuor sunt etates aurea argentea enea et ferrea 4 Istoria qualiter translatum est imperium Romanum in Francia apud Teothonicos folios 55b 56a This is a short treatise on the translatio imperii 4 7 Istoria Longobardorum folios 56a 57a This is a one page epitome of Paul the Deacon s Historia Langobardorum 4 7 a brief account of the conversion of Constantine and his move to Constantinople folio 57a c 4 9 a notice of a great sedition among people and knights sedicio magna inter populum et milites that took place in Piacenza in 1090 folios 57c 58b 10 Libellus tristitie et doloris angustie et tribulationis passionum et tormentorum folios 58b 70c Codagnello s title translates booklet of the sadness and pain anguish and tribulation suffering and torment This is a revised version of an existing text Narratio de Longobardie edited by Codagnello to bring it in line with his Guelph views He seems to have viewed Frederick I through the prism of the reigning emperor Frederick II 7 11 Annales Placentini folios 70c 105c This is a chronicle of 1031 1235 with a focus on Piacenza and Lombardy 4 7 It was based on earlier chronicles and some contemporary Milanese chronicles and in turn served as the basis for the later Ghibelline Chronicle of Piacenza 12 It contains phrases identical to those found in the treaty Codagnello drafted in 1202 4 Gesta Federici in expeditione sacra folios 105d 107c 4 7 This is an account of Frederick I s expedition on the Third Crusade not written by Codagnello 13 14 Gesta obsidionis Damiate folios 107c 115c 4 7 This account of the siege of Damietta on the Fifth Crusade is usually attributed to Codagnello 15 16 Summe legum Longobardorum folios 115c 116b This is a brief treatise on the Lombards their arrival in Italy the meaning of their name and their laws 4 7 Notes edit Galbiati 2020 Dell Aprovitola amp Hartmann 2016 gives the dates as 1172 1230 perhaps a floruit Arnaldi 1982 Modern scholarship sometimes Latinizes it Iohannes Codagnellus Arnaldi 1982 Dell Aprovitola amp Hartmann 2016 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Arnaldi 1982 Raccagni 2016 p 724 All these texts have been published See Arnaldi 1982 for editions a b c d e f g h Bordini 2009 p 283n Galbiati 2020 Bordini 2009 p 283n calls this a news flash notizia lampo Arnaldi 1982 Both modern editors of the Annales Placentini have seen this separate notice as part of the Annales According to Bordini 2009 p 283n this notice was treated as the incipit of the Annales by Holder Egger but was inserted into the Annales between 1088 and 1091 by Pertz Busch 2001 pp 83 84 Cochrane 1981 pp 101 101 Loud 2010 p 10 Holder Egger 1892 Witt 2012 p 445 Vasina 2003 pp 328 329 Bibliography editArnaldi Girolamo 1982 Codagnello Giovanni Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 26 Cironi Collegno in Italian Rome Istituto dell Enciclopedia Italiana pp 562 568 ISBN 978 8 81200032 6 Bordini Simone 2009 La memoria di Ubertino Landi Ricerche tra biografia e storiografia In Roberto Greci ed Studi sul medioevo emiliano Parma e Piecenza in eta comunale Bologna CLUEB pp 281 329 Busch Jorg W 1997 Die Mailander Geschichtsschreibung zwischen Arnulf und Galvaneus Flamma Die Beschaftigung mit der Vergangenheit im Umfeld einer oberitalienischen Kommune vom spaten 11 bis zum fruhen 14 Jahrhundert Munich Fink Busch Jorg W 2001 Sulle tracce della memoria comunale di Milano Le opere dei laici del XII e XIII secolo nel Manipulus florum di Galvano Fiamma In Paolo Chiesa ed Le cronache medievali di Milano Milan Vita e Pensiero pp 79 88 Castignoli P 1986 Giovanni Codagnello notaio cancelliere del comune di Piacenza e cronista In E Falconi R Peveri eds Il Registrum magnum del comune di Piacenza Milan pp 273 302 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Cochrane Eric 1981 Historians and Historiography in the Italian Renaissance Chicago University of Chicago Press De Angelis Gianmarco 2004 Capere destruere et comburere Lessico e forme della guerra negli Annales di Giovanni Codagnello PDF Bollettino Storico Piacentino 99 2 177 206 Dell Aprovitola Valentina Hartmann Florian 2016 Codagnello Giovanni In Graeme Dunphy Cristian Bratu eds Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle Brill Online doi 10 1163 2213 2139 emc SIM 00742 Retrieved 7 January 2022 Galbiati Roberto 2020 At Roncevaux without Roland Giovanni Codagnello s Gesta Carli Francorum regis 1219 1222 Zeitschrift fur romanische Philologie 136 4 934 951 doi 10 1515 zrp 2020 0052 S2CID 227218402 Gatti D 1991 Codagnello Giovanni In B Andreolli et al eds Repertorio della cronachistica emiliano romagnola secc IX XV Rome pp 267 271 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Holder Egger O 1891 Ueber die historischen Werke des Johannes Codagnellus von Piacenza Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft fur altere deutsche Geschichtskunde 16 251 346 475 509 Holder Egger O ed 1892 Gesta Federici I Imperatoris in Lombardia Monumenta Germaniae Historica Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum Vol 27 Hanover Hahn Loud Graham ed 2010 The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa The History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and Related Texts Farnham Ashgate Raccagni Gianluca 2016 The Crusade Against Frederick II A Neglected Piece of Evidence PDF The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 67 4 721 740 doi 10 1017 S002204691600066X Vasina Augusto 2003 Medieval Urban Historiography in Western Europe 1100 1500 In Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis ed Historiography in the Middle Ages Leiden Brill pp 317 352 Witt Ronald G 2012 The Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy Cambridge Cambridge University Press Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Giovanni Codagnello amp oldid 1200605434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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