Hugh of Saint-Victor’s ‘Chronicle’ (De tribus maximis circumstantis gestorum): Creation & Restoration (Septuagint chronology)
Unedited.
Lines 1–7 in the first two columns are
entitled Condicio (the Creation); the rest of the first two
columns is headed Secundum lxx interpretes (‘Following the
Septuagint interpretation’) with homo (heading a list of
personal names, beginning with Adam), genuit (‘begat’, with a
list of numbers), and in the second ruled column, uixit
(‘lived’, with a list of numbers).
After 11 lines it is stated Prima etas annos iimccxlii continens (‘The
First Age comprises 2,242 years’, in red ink except for cc).
After 10 more names are
listed in the first column, it is stated across the foot of the first and second
columns, Secunda etas annos imlxxii
continens (‘The Second Age comprises 1,072 years’).
The third column lists
names from Abraham to Samuel, then King Saul followed by Tercia
etas dccccxlii (‘Third Age 942’, all but the final two minims are in red
ink). The list of kings continues for the rest of the third column and onto the
fourth until (line 10), Quarta etas cccclxxxiiii (‘Fourth Age
484’). This is followed by Transmigratio lxx (‘Exile: 70’)
and 22 names.
Hugh of Saint-Victor’s ‘Chronicle’ (De tribus maximis circumstantis gestorum): Creation & Restoration (Septuagint chronology)
Unedited.
Lines 1–7 in the first two columns are
entitled Condicio (the Creation); the rest of the first two
columns is headed Secundum lxx interpretes (‘Following the
Septuagint interpretation’) with homo (heading a list of
personal names, beginning with Adam), genuit (‘begat’, with a
list of numbers), and in the second ruled column, uixit
(‘lived’, with a list of numbers).
After 11 lines it is stated Prima etas annos iimccxlii continens (‘The
First Age comprises 2,242 years’, in red ink except for cc).
After 10 more names are
listed in the first column, it is stated across the foot of the first and second
columns, Secunda etas annos imlxxii
continens (‘The Second Age comprises 1,072 years’).
The third column lists
names from Abraham to Samuel, then King Saul followed by Tercia
etas dccccxlii (‘Third Age 942’, all but the final two minims are in red
ink). The list of kings continues for the rest of the third column and onto the
fourth until (line 10), Quarta etas cccclxxxiiii (‘Fourth Age
484’). This is followed by Transmigratio lxx (‘Exile: 70’)
and 22 names.