The Historia Langobardorum codicis Gothani, also called the Chronicon Gothanum, is a history of the Lombard people written at and for the court of King Pippin of Italy between the years 806 and 810.
[10] Azzara and Gasparri, in a recent critical edition of Lombard laws, posit that the Historia Langobardorum codicis Gothani is based in part on the Origo gentis langobardorum, a position supported by the Chronicon's initial editor, Friedrich Bluhme, who placed them side by side in the Monumenta Germaniae Historica.
[6] Nicholas Everett believes that rather than drawing on the Origo or some earlier "Ur-Origo", the Historia Langobardorum codicis Gothani could have borrowed just as easily from Paul the Deacon, a theory also suggested by Walter Goffart.
[14] The Chronicon does not contain the story of Odin (Godan) and Frigg (Frea) that the Origo does, and it borrows text verbatim from Isidore explaining the original name of the Lombards (Winili) as derived from a river Vindilicus on the edges of Gaul and describing them as "prone to long beards and never shorn" (ad barba prolixa et numquam tonsa).
"[17] The Chronicon diverges from Paul in calling Peredeo, the assassin of the first Lombard king in Italy, Alboin, a mere cubicularius, a type of eunuch.
[18] The Historia Langobardorum codicis Gothani is less detailed than the Origo in its narrative of the Lombards' migration from northern Europe to Italy.
[19] The author argues that the Lombards came to Italy precisely to be saved, and reminds his readers that "where there is no law, sin is not to be imputed".
The author praises Pippin's conquest of the duchy of Benevento, his victory over the Avars (Abari or Beowinides, i.e. "Bohemians") and his reconquest of Corsica in 806.