Monday, August 23, 2010

Anonymous Monument



Anonymous Monument is a monument of actually existed Hungarian chronograph that lived in the Middle Ages. Chronicler Anonymous (Latin Anonymus) studied in Paris and became a notary at one of the Hungarian kings. The most famous of his works is XII century - «Gesta Hungarorum» («Acts of Hungarians). There is a version that this monk had a curious habit - he was always in the dark and long cloak with a hood, and no one saw his face. Moreover, no one knew his name. That was the reason why he was called Anonymus, which means "nameless, unknown” in Latin. Since then every author does not sign his works gets the common name - anonymous.

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