Annales florentini

The Annales florentini (Florentine annals, Italian Annali fiorentini) are the earliest annals of the medieval commune of Florence. There are two sets of annals overlapping in coverage. The Annales florentini primi cover the period 1110–1173, while the Annales florentini secundi cover 1107–1247. A later collection also called the Annales florentini covers the period 1288–1431.

The Annales florentini primi constitute the earliest, tentative attempt to keep a yearly record of events in Florence. It was discovered on the back (verso) of the 72nd leaf (folio) of Codex 772 in the Vatican Palatine Library by the librarian, who brought it to the attention of scholars. It does not contain a record for every year between 1110 and 1173. There are only eighteen records in several different handwritings and not arranged chronologically. The writing is clearly from the twelfth century.^[1]

The Annales florentini secundi date to the thirteenth century. There are 46 records between the years 1107 and 1247. They are found in a manuscript originating in the monastery of Santa Maria Novella, now No. 776 E. A. in the Suppressed Monasteries series of the Magliabecchian Library, now part of the National Library at Florence. This same manuscript contains a list of Florentine consuls and podestà from 1196 to 1267.^[1]

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Editions

• "Annales Florentini". In Otto Hartwig, ed., Quellen und Forschungen zur altesten Geschichte der Stadt Florenz, vol. 2. Marburg: 1880.
• "Annales Florentini, 1288–1431". In Johannes F. Boehmer, ed., Fontes Rerum Germanicarum, vol. 4, pp. 672–86. Stuttgart: 1868.