Georg Pertz called it the Annales Placentini Gibellini, while Alphonse Huillard-Bréholles [de] called it the Chronicon Placentinum ('Chronicle of Piacenza').
He probably wrote anonymously because Piacenza was generally a Guelph city.
[3] Although the work is anonymous, Pertz identified the author with Muzio da Monza (died 1302), capitano del popolo of Piacenza in 1294 and accused of Ghibelline sympathies.
Neither is it purely local or regional in focus, although it is best informed about events in and around Piacenza.
[4] The original manuscript from 1295 survives, now in London, Harleian 3678.