Stelle Moris vero Saracenorum est, ut col...; (De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100), II, 42) [4174]

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Text De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra
Quotation Moris vero Saracenorum est, ut columbas, frumento et melle infuso domi nutrientes, cum aliquorsum longius digrediuntur
Translation It was the Saracens' custom to bring with them, when they went on a journey of any length, pigeons, which at home were fed on corn mixed with honey
Quotation source II, 42
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