The Anales castellanos primeros ("First Castilian Annals"), formerly called the Cronicón de San Isidoro (or Isidro) de León (Chronicon sancti Isidori Legionensis anonymum) after the Basilica of San Isidoro

Basilica of San Isidoro

The Basilica of San Isidoro is a church in León, Spain, located on the site of an ancient Roman temple. Its Christian roots can be traced back to the early 10th century when a monastery for Saint John the Baptist was erected on the grounds....

 in León where they were found on the first folio of a manuscript (now Madrid, BN

Biblioteca Nacional de España

The Biblioteca Nacional de España is a major public library, the largest in Spain.It is located in Madrid, on the Paseo de Recoletos.-History:...

, mss. V. 4, I), are a set of fragmentary Latin

Medieval Latin

Medieval Latin was the form of Latin used in the Middle Ages, primarily as a medium of scholarly exchange and as the liturgical language of the medieval Roman Catholic Church, but also as a language of science, literature, law, and administration. Despite the clerical origin of many of its authors,...

 annals

Annals

Annals are a concise form of historical representation which record events chronologically, year by year. The Oxford English Dictionary defines annals as "a narrative of events written year by year"...

, principally genealogical in scope, that cover the years 618 to 939 and were written shortly after this last date by an anonymous compiler. The dating is based on a reference to Ramiro II of León

Ramiro II of León

Ramiro II , son of Ordoño II, was King of León from 931 until his death. Initially titular king only of a lesser part of Asturias, he gained the crown of León after his brother Alfonso IV abdicated in 931...

 (931–51) as "our king" when his confrontation with the Moors

Moors

The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of the Maghreb region who are predominately of Berber and Arab descent. They came to conquer and rule the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years. At that time they were Muslim, although earlier the people had followed...

 at Osma is recorded.

Editions

• In R. P. J. Tailhan, ed. 1885. Anonyme de Cordoue: Chronique rimée des derniers rois de Tolède et de la conquête d'Espagne par les Arabes (Paris: E. Leroux), 196.
• In Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez, ed. 1917. "Anales castellanos", Discursos leídos ante la Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid), 23–24. Available online at the CSIC Instituto de Historia.