Stelle Seland insula est in interiori sinu...; (Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (1075 - 1076), IV.5 (p. 233)) [4917]

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Text Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (1075 - 1076) Adam of Bremen
Quotation Seland insula est in interiori sinu maris Baltici sita, quantitate maxima. Haec tam fortitudine virorum quam opulentia frugum celeberrima longitudinem habet bidui, cum latitudo fere sit aqualis. Civitas eius maxima Roscald, sedes regia Danorum. Haec insula aequali spatio distans a Fune vel Sconia per noctem transitur habetque ab occidente Iudland, civitatem Arhusan vel Alaburg et Wendilam; a borea vero, ubi et deserta est, fretum Nortmanniae; a meridie autem Funem predictam et sinum Sclavanicum. Ab ortu respicit promunctorium Sconiae, ubi est civitas Lundona.
Translation Zealand is an island, very large in extent, situated in an inner bight of the Baltic Sea. It is very celebrated as much for the bravery of its men as for the abundance of its crops. It is two days' journey in length and almost the same in breadth. Its largest city is Roskilde, the seat of the Danish royalty. This island, equally distant from Fyn and Scania, may be crosseed in a night. To the west of it lies Jutland, with the cities of Aarhus and Aalborg, and Wendila; to the north, where it is also a desert, is the Norwegian strait; to the south, the aforementioned Fyn and the Slavic gulf. On the east it faces the headlands of Scania, where is situated the city of Lund. (Trans. Tschan, p. 190)
Quotation source IV.5 (p. 233)
Temporal Coverage 1072 - 1076
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