Editing Marianus Scotus (section)

==Works==
Marianus wrote a ''Clear Chronicle'' ({{langx|la|Cronica Clara}}), which purports to be a [[Universal history (genre)|universal history]] from the creation of the world to 1082<ref>Leonard E. Boyle ''Medieval Latin Palaeography: A Bibliographical Introduction''  1984 – Page 97 "the chronicle of Marianus Scotus of Mainz"</ref> and which employed a dual numbering scheme on the misunderstanding that the [[Christian era]] computed by [[Dionysius Exiguus]] had been mistaken by 22 years. The chronicle was very popular during the [[Middle Ages]] and, in England, was extensively used by [[John of Worcester]] and other writers.<ref>Naomi Reed Kline ''Maps of Medieval Thought: The Hereford Paradigm'' 2001 Page 221 "In particular she cites the importance of the Universal Chronicle of Marianus Scotus of Mainz which was brought to Hereford by Bishop Robert of Hereford (1079-95);"</ref> It was first printed at [[Basel]] in 1559<ref>''CHRONICA: ad Euangelij ueritatem,…'' first edition: Jacobus Parcus, Basel, 1559 One issue can be retrieved in the [[Stadtbibliothek Mainz]] [Sign. IV e:2°/93].</ref> and has been edited with an introduction by [[Georg Waitz]] for the ''[[Monumenta Germaniae Historica]]: [https://archive.org/details/sim_monumenta-germaniae-historica_1852 Scriptores]'', Vol. V.<ref>See also [[W. Wattenbach]], ''Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen'' (Bd. ii., 1894).</ref>
Codex Palatino-Vaticanus 830 contains the Tripartite Chronicle of Marianus Scotus.