_Anonymous Ravennas_ (Vol. i., p. 124.).--W. C.'s Query has not received
much elucidation as yet; as a small contribution, I may remark that the
Benedictine Dom. Porcheron brought the MS. to light, and published it at
Paris, 1686, 8vo., under the title, _Anonymi Ravennatis, qui circa
sæculum septimum vixit, de Geographiâ libri quinque_, with a dedication
to the Duc de Bourbon, son of the great Condé. My authority is, the
_Correspondence inédite de Mabillon et de Montfaucon avec l'Italie_, par
M. Valéry, Paris, 1846, vol. ii. pp. 2, 3, 5.
"_Paucis abhinc diebus_ prodiit _ab uno e nostris erutus in lucem_
Anonymus Ravennas, qui _ante annos circiter mille_ de Geographia
scripsit libros quinque. [Michel Germain à Gattola, _Dec. 31.
1686_.] Je vous destine un volume _in 8vo._ que notre cher Dom.
Placide Porcheron vient de donner au public, c'est un Anonyme de
Ravenne, Goth ou Grec de naissance, _qui vivait il y a mille ans_
... [the same, to Magliabechi, _Jan. 10. 1687_.]"
The editor gives the date 1688, and the form 4to., for this book; the
date is evidently a misprint.