(Saxonian World Chronicle)

1230 (Rezension B 1240; Rezension C 1260-1275). Germany. World chronicle in Middle Low German, with High German versions. The Sächsische Weltchronik (the title is Weiland's – the manuscripts mostly have kronik/cronica or römische kronik) is a world chronicle from the beginning of the world (Genesis 1,1ff.) to the time of writing, or sometimes to the fifteen signs before doomsday.

The authorship and origin of the works are still matters of scholarly controversy. In many manuscripts, the prose text is preceded by a prologue in vers…