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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ID | 4174 |
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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