All the extant manuscripts of this chronicle are anonymous, and the attribution of it to "Fredegarius" dates from the edition of it by Claude Fauchet in 1579.
But allowing this kind of anonymous anger without attribution is, in my mind, the political equivalent of yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater, then running for the nearest exit. .
Submissions are exhibited anonymously, without attribution.
And in the thread of the story dealing with the Scotland Yard investigation, more than 80 percent of the attributions were anonymous.
This adds to the difficulty of attribution, especially of anonymous writers.
Can we make our attributions (even the anonymous ones) less murky?
Because of anonymous, pseudonymous, and collaborative publication, some attributions are disputed; and divergences exist between Bauer's published texts and private correspondence.
They were key in identifying sources of iconography and ascribing attribution, or at least differentiating anonymous masters under names of convenience.
"The attribution is very vague," she said, mentioning anonymous quotations.
