CRONOS. - A Greek god, for some pre-Hellenic or originating from Asia Minor where he would be identified with Baal, but every hypothesis about his origin and nature is uncertain. He has no cults; he is known only in mythology.
Hesiod makes him the son of Gaia and Uranus, whom he mutilated to free his mother. From Rhea he had numerous children whom he devoured for fear they would take his throne. Zeus forced him to vomit them up, defeated him and confined him to Tartarus. For others, CRONOS became the king of the Islands of the Blessed. Already in Hesiod his kingdom is that of innocent happiness, the Age of Gold. The Romans identified him with Saturn.
**CRONOGRAPH OF THE YEAR 354.** - This is the title given to an important collection composed of a calendar and other historical-chronological documents gathered together in that year, although various elements betray a notably earlier composition or were later continued and updated. The calendar is of an official character, neither pagan nor Christian, and consists of an astrological part and a civil one.
(from J. Strygowski, *Die Kalenderbilder des Chronographen vom Jahr 354*, Berlin 1932)
**CRONOGRAPH OF THE YEAR 354** - The *Natales Caesarium* of the months of January and August.
**CRONOGRAPH OF THE YEAR 354** - CHRONOLOGY
Goffredo Henschenius, published on the occasion of his jubilee in the *Acta SS. Maii*, IV, Venice 1740, p. V. Their correct interpretation can be of valid assistance for the dating of monuments and documents.
Equally useful for the same purpose are chronodistichs, in which the date is marked differently than in the c.; here is an example:
*Mille, C. ter, quini deciesque quater quoq. bini Anni Verbigenae defluxerunt quasi plene.*
Solving the two verses yields the date 1358, the year in which the Premonstratensian William Vressenich completed the manuscript containing the *"Vita metrica B. Hermanni Joseph Stcinfeldensis"* (cf. Io. Chrys. Van der Sterre, *Lilium inter spinas. Vita b. Joseph Presbyteri et canonici Steinveldensis ordinis Praemonstrantensis*, Antwerp 1627, p. 272).
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