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4218 |
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De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra |
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INCIPIT EPISTOLA GAUFREDI MONACHI AD VENERABILEM PATREM CATHANENSEM EPISCOPUM Reverendissimo memoriae nostrae Angerio, Cathanensium episcopo, frater Gaufredus, ab antecessoribus Malaterra agnomen trahens, infelici cursu mundano cum Martha habito, ad felicitatem quietis Mariae cum Lazaro fratr[e] resuscita[v]i |
| Translation |
Here begins the letter of the monk Geoffrey to the venerable father the Bishop of Catania. To Angerius, Bishop of the Catanians, most deserving of our reverence, I, brother Geoffrey, who derives his name Malaterra from his predecessors, after an unhappy life in the world in the company of Martha, am restored like her brother Lazarus to life and happiness in the peace of Mary |
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Praefatio |
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