Anonymus

Anonymus is the Latin spelling of anonymous, traditionally used by scholars in the humanities for any ancient writer whose name is not known, or to a manuscript of their work. Such writers have left valuable historical or literary records through the ages.

Anonymus may also refer to:

Authors

* Two separate writers both known as Anonymus Valesianus or Anonymus Valesii, authors of two texts, late fifth century and ca. 527 of a vita of Constantine and a fragmentary chronicle, the ''Excerpta Valesiana''
* The Anonymus of Ravenna (Anonymus Ravennatis), author of the ''Ravenna Cosmography,'' a Late Antique geographical work
* The Anonymus (notary of King Béla III of Hungary) of the ''Gesta Hungarorum'', the author of a medieval work on the history of Hungary
* Gallus Anonymus, early 12th century, the author of the first history of Poland
* The Anonymus of Turin (often referred to by the Italian ''Anonimo di Torino''), writer of a catalogue of churches of Rome
* The Anonymus Banduri, the author of the ''Πάτρια Κωνσταντινοπόλεως,'' a 10th‑century topography of Constantinople
* The Anonymus ''de Rebus Bellicis,'' author of a Late Antique work on warfare
* The Anonymus Ανταττικιστης (the Anti-Atticist Anonymus), an opponent of Phrynichus Arabius, valuable for the study of ancient Greek vocabulary
* The Anonymus Seguerianus, of the 3rd century, whose work is useful for the study of 1st century rhetoric
* The Anonymus Gestorum Francorum, author of the ''Gesta Francorum'', an account of the First Crusade
* The Anonymus of York (or The Norman Anonymous), author of an 11th‑century religious/political tract on the right of kings
* The Anonymus of Dubrovnik, author of 15th‑century ''Annals'' of that city
* Anonymus I and Anonymus II, the authors of commentaries on the ''Phaenomena'' of Aratus

Manuscript copyists

* Sometimes Anonymus refers not to an author, but to a manuscript copyist. Few manuscripts were signed, so the list might be extended almost indefinitely, but some manuscripts can be said to have transferred some of their importance to the copyist; in the manuscript tradition of Phaedrus, for example, it is common to refer to the Anonymus Nilanti, a 13th-century copyist named after the scholar who edited him in 1709.
* An Anonymus de antiquitate Urbis, stated by Christian Hülsen to be a copyist of the ''Roma Instaurata'' of Flavio Biondo

Other

* Anonymus (band), a Quebec Thrash metal band
* Anonymus, the earliest ancestor of fictional character Ijon Tichy
* Anonymus and Anonymus II, instrumentals by Focus from, respectively, ''In and Out of Focus'' and ''Focus 3''

See also

* Anon (disambiguation)
* Anonymous (disambiguation)

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Ancient writers