Pilgrimage (Itinerarium Egeriae) 10.1–19.19
Latin text: Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898) (Latin text: P. Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898), digitized by Open Greek and Latin (csel-dev, University of Leipzig), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 10
10.1CSEL 39:50–51
Item transacto aliquanto tempore et iubente Deo fuit denuo uoluntas accedendi usque ad Arabiam, id est ad montem Nabau, in eo loco, in quo iussit Deus ascendere Moysen dicens ad eum: Ascende in montem Arabot, montem Nabau, qui est in terra Moab contra faciem Iericho, et uide terram Chanaan, quam ego do filiis Israhel in possessionem, et morere in monte ipso, in quem ascenderis.
Likewise, after some time had passed, and at God's bidding, there was again a wish to go as far as Arabia, that is, to Mount Nebo, to the place to which God commanded Moses to go up, saying to him: “Go up the mountain Arabot, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I give to the children of Israel as a possession, and die on the mountain which you go up.”
Deut 32:49–50 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Egeria resolves to visit Mount Nebo.
- Deut 32:49–50 (Arabot: the Greek reads “the mountain Abarim” as Araboth). Nabau = Nebo.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 10.1 (CSEL 39:50–51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.2CSEL 39:51
itaque ergo Deus noster Iesus, qui sperantes in se non deseret, etiam et in hoc uoluntati meae effectum praestare dignatus est.
And so our God Jesus, who does not forsake those who hope in him, deigned to grant fulfilment to my wish in this too.
Notes and citation
Summary: God granted her wish.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): noster esus → noster Iesus.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 10.2 (CSEL 39:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.3CSEL 39:51
Proficiscens ergo Ierusolima faciens iter cum sanctis, id est presbytero et diaconibus de Ierusolima et fratribus aliquantis, id est monachis, peruenimus ergo usque ad eum locum Iordanis, ubi filii Israhel transierant, quando eos sanctus Iesus filius Naue Iordanem traiecerat, sicut scriptum est in libro Iesu Naue. Nam et locus ille ostensus est nobis quasi modice altior, ubi filii Ruben et Gad et dimidia tribus Manasse fecerant aram, in ea parte ripae, qua est Iericho.
So setting out from Jerusalem, travelling with holy men, that is, a presbyter and deacons from Jerusalem and some brothers, that is, monks, we came to that place of the Jordan where the children of Israel had crossed when holy Joshua son of Nun had brought them across the Jordan, as it is written in the book of Joshua son of Nun. For we were also shown the place, slightly higher, where the children of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh had made an altar, on that side of the bank where Jericho is.
Josh 3:16–17 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 22:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They reach the Jordan crossing and the altar of the eastern tribes.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word): Ieruso lima → Ierusolima.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 10.3 (CSEL 39:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/10-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.4CSEL 39:51
Transeuntes ergo fluuium peruenimus ad ciuitatem, quae appellatur Libiada, quae est in eo campo, in quo tunc filii Israhel castra fixerant. Nam et fundamenta de castris filiorum Israhel et habitationibus ipsorum, ubi commorati sunt, in eo loco in hodie parent. Campus enim ipse est infinitus subter montes Arabiae super Iordanem. Nam hic est locus, de quo scriptum est: Et plorauerunt filii Israhel Moysen in Arabot Moab et Iordane contra Iericho quadraginta diebus.
So crossing the river, we came to the city called Livias, which is in the plain in which the children of Israel had then pitched camp. For the foundations of the camp of the children of Israel and of their dwellings, where they stayed, appear in that place to this day. For the plain itself is endless, below the mountains of Arabia above the Jordan. For this is the place of which it is written: “And the children of Israel wept for Moses in Arabot of Moab and the Jordan opposite Jericho for forty days.”
Deut 34:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At Livias they see the plain where Israel mourned Moses.
- Libiada = Livias. Deut 34:8 (forty days, as in some Greek witnesses; the Hebrew has thirty).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): peraenimus → peruenimus.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 10.4 (CSEL 39:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/10-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.5CSEL 39:51
Hic etiam locus est, ubi post recessum Moysi statim Iesus filius Naue repletus est spiritu scientiae: imposuerat enim Moyses manus suas super eum, sicut scriptum est.
This too is the place where, after Moses's departure, Joshua son of Nun was at once filled with the spirit of knowledge: for Moses had laid his hands on him, as it is written.
Deut 34:9 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Here Joshua was filled with the spirit.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 10.5 (CSEL 39:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/10-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.6CSEL 39:51
Nam ipse est locus, ubi scripsit Moyses librum Deuteronomii; hic etiam est locus, ubi locutus est Moyses in aures totius ecclesiae Israhel uerba cantici usque in finem huius, qui scriptus est in libro Deuteronomii. Hic est ipse locus, ubi benedixit sanctus Moyses homo Dei filios Israhel singulatim per ordinem ante obitum suum.
For this is the place where Moses wrote the book of Deuteronomy; this too is the place where Moses spoke in the ears of the whole assembly of Israel the words of the song to its end, which is written in the book of Deuteronomy. This is the very place where holy Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel one by one in order before his death.
Deut 31:30 (allusion, high confidence) · Deut 33:1 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Here Moses wrote Deuteronomy, sang his song and blessed the tribes.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 10.6 (CSEL 39:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/10-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.7CSEL 39:51–52
Nos ergo cum uenissemus in eodem campo, peraccessimus ad locum ipsum et facta est ibi oratio, lecta etiam pars quaedam Deuteronomii in eo loco nec non etiam et canticus ipsius, sed et benedictiones, quas dixerat super filios Israhel. Et iterato post lectione facta est oratio, et gratias Deo agentes mouimus inde. Id enim nobis semper consuetudinis erat, ut ubicumque ad loca desiderata accedere ualebamus, primum ibi fieret oratio, deinde legeretur lectio ipsa de codice, diceretur etiam psalmus unus pertinens ad rem et iterato fieret ibi oratio. Hanc ergo consuetudinem iubente Deo semper tenuimus, ubicumque ad loca desiderata potuimus peruenire.
So when we came into that plain, we went to the place itself, and prayer was made there; a certain part of Deuteronomy was read in that place, and also his song, and the blessings he had spoken over the children of Israel. And again after the reading prayer was made, and giving thanks to God we moved on from there. For it was always our custom that wherever we were able to reach the places we desired, first prayer was made there, then the reading itself was read from the book, one psalm pertinent to the matter was said, and again prayer was made there. This custom, at God's bidding, we always kept, wherever we were able to reach the places we desired.
Notes and citation
Summary: Egeria describes the pilgrims' custom of prayer, reading and psalm at each site.
Topics: Prayer, Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 10.7 (CSEL 39:51–52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/10-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.8CSEL 39:52
Ac sic ergo, ut coeptum opus perficeretur, coepimus festinare, ut perueniremus ad montem Nabau. Euntibus nobis commonuit presbyter loci ipsius, id est de Libiade, quem ipsum nobiscum rogantes moueramus de mansione, quia melius ipsa loca nouerat: dicit ergo nobis ipse presbyter: si uultis uidere aquam, quae fluit de petra, id est quam dedit Moyses filiis Israhel sitientibus, potestis uidere; si tamen uolueritis laborem uobis imponere, ut de uia camsemus forsitan miliario sexto.
And so, so that the work begun might be completed, we began to hurry to reach Mount Nebo. As we went the presbyter of that place, that is, of Livias, whom at our request we had brought with us from the staging post because he knew those places better, advised us; the presbyter said to us: “If you want to see the water that flows from the rock, that is, which Moses gave to the thirsting children of Israel, you can see it, if you are willing to take on the labour of turning off the road about six miles.”
Num 20:11 (allusion, medium confidence) · Exod 17:6 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The presbyter of Livias offers to show them the water from the rock.
- camsemus: Late Latin campsare, “to turn aside”.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 10.8 (CSEL 39:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/10-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.9CSEL 39:52
Quod cum dixisset, nos satis auidi optati sumus ire; et statim diuertentes a uia secuti sumus presbyterum, qui nos ducebat. In eo ergo loco ecclesia est pisinna subter montem non Nabau, sed alterum interiorem, sed nec ipse longe est de Nabau; monachi autem plurimi commanent ibi uere sancti, et quos hic ascites uocant.
When he had said this, we, being very eager, chose to go; and at once turning off the road we followed the presbyter who was leading us. In that place there is a little church below a mountain, not Nebo, but another further in, though it too is not far from Nebo; and very many monks live there, truly holy, whom here they call ascetics.
Notes and citation
Summary: They turn aside to a little church and monks below a mountain near Nebo.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 10.9 (CSEL 39:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/10-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 11
11.1CSEL 39:52
Hi ergo sancti monachi dignati sunt nos suscipere ualde humane, nam et ad salutationem suam permiserunt nos ingredi. Cum autem ingressi fuissemus ad eos, facta oratione cum ipsis eulogias nobis dare dignati sunt, sicut habent consuetudinem dandi his, quos humane suscipiunt. Ibi ergo inter
These holy monks were kind enough to receive us very kindly, for they allowed us to come in and greet them. When we had come in to them, after prayer had been made with them they were kind enough to give us blessings, as they are accustomed to give to those whom they receive kindly. There, then, between
Notes and citation
Summary: The monks welcome them and give them blessings.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (hyphenation): consue- tudinem → consuetudinem.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 11.1 (CSEL 39:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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11.2CSEL 39:52–53
ecclesiam et monasteria in medio fluit de petra aqua ingens, pulchra ualde et limpida, saporis optimi. Tunc interrogauimus nos etiam et illos sanctos monachos, qui ibi manebant, quae esset haec aqua talis et tanti saporis. Tunc illi dixerunt: haec est aqua, quam dedit sanctus Moyses filiis Israhel in hac heremo.
the church and the monasteries, in the middle, a great stream of water flows from the rock, very beautiful and clear, of excellent taste. Then we asked those holy monks who lived there what this water was, of such quality and such taste. Then they said: “This is the water which holy Moses gave to the children of Israel in this desert.”
Num 20:11 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The monks show the spring said to be Moses's water from the rock.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 11.2 (CSEL 39:52–53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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11.3CSEL 39:53
Facta est ergo iuxta consuetudinem ibi oratio et lectio ipsa de libris Moysi lecta, dictus etiam psalmus unus, et sic simul cum illis sanctis clericis et monachis, qui nobiscum uenerant, perexiuimus ad montem. Multi autem et ex ipsis monachis sanctis, qui ibi commanebant iuxta aqua ipsa, qui tamen potuerunt imponere sibi laborem, dignati sunt nobiscum ascendere montem Nabau.
So prayer was made there according to custom, and the reading itself was read from the books of Moses, one psalm was also said, and so together with those holy clergy and monks who had come with us we went on to the mountain. And many of the holy monks themselves who lived there beside the water, those who were able to take on the labour, were kind enough to climb Mount Nebo with us.
Notes and citation
Summary: After the customary prayer and reading, monks go with them up Nebo.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 11.3 (CSEL 39:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/11-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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11.4CSEL 39:53
Itaque ergo proficiscentes de eodem loco peruenimus ad radicem montis Nabau, qui erat ualde excelsus, ita tamen ut pars eius maxima sedendo in asellis possit subiri, modicum autem erat acrius, quod pedibus necesse erat subiri cum labore, sicut et factum est.
So setting out from that place we came to the foot of Mount Nebo, which was very high, yet such that the greatest part of it could be climbed sitting on donkeys, but there was a little steeper part which had to be climbed on foot with labour, as was done.
Notes and citation
Summary: They ride up most of Nebo and climb the last part on foot.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 11.4 (CSEL 39:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/11-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 12
12.1CSEL 39:53
Peruenimus ergo ad summitatem montis illius, ubi est nunc ecclesia non grandis in ipsa summitate montis Nabau. Intra quam ecclesiam, in eo loco, ubi pulpitus est, uidi locum modice quasi altiorem tantum hispatii habentem quantum memoriae solent habere.
So we reached the summit of that mountain, where there is now a church, not large, on the very summit of Mount Nebo. Inside this church, at the place where the pulpit is, I saw a place a little raised, as it were, having as much space as tombs usually have.
Notes and citation
Summary: On Nebo's summit is a small church with a raised tomb-like place.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.1 (CSEL 39:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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12.2CSEL 39:53
Tunc ergo interrogaui illos sanctos, quidnam esset hoc, qui responderunt: hic positus est sanctus Moyses ab angelis, quoniam, sicut scriptum est, sepulturam illius nullus hominum scit: <quoniam certum est eum ab angelis fuisse sepultum. Nam memoria illius, ubi positus sit, in hodie [non] ostenditur; sicut enim nobis a maioribus, qui hic manserunt, ubi < positus sit> ostensum est, ita et nos uobis monstramus, qui et ipsi tamen maiores ita sibi traditum a maioribus suis esse dicebant.
Then I asked those holy men what this was, and they answered: “Here holy Moses was laid by the angels, since, as it is written, no man knows his burial: <for it is certain that he was buried by the angels.> For his tomb, where he was laid, is shown to this day; for as it was shown to us by the elders who lived here, where <he was laid>, so we too show it to you; and those elders themselves said that it had been handed down to them so by their elders.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Deut 34:6 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The monks say Moses was buried there by angels.
- Deut 34:6. The editor deletes “not” (“is not shown”); the angle brackets are his supplements.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.2 (CSEL 39:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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12.3CSEL 39:53–54
Itaque ergo mox facta est oratio, et omnia quae in singulis locis sanctis per ordinem consueueramus facere, etiam et hic facta sunt: et sic coepimus egredere de ecclesia. Tunc autem qui erant loci notores, id est presbyteri uel monachi sancti, dixerunt nobis: si uultis uidere loca, quae scripta sunt in libris Moysi, accedite foras hostium ecclesiae et de summitate ipsa, ex parte tamen ut possunt hinc parere, attendite et uidete, et dicimus uobis singula, quae sunt loca haec, quae parent.
So prayer was soon made, and all that we had been accustomed to do in order at each of the holy places was done here too; and so we began to go out of the church. Then those who knew the place, that is, the presbyters or holy monks, said to us: “If you want to see the places which are written of in the books of Moses, come outside the door of the church, and from the summit itself, on the side from which they can be seen from here, look and see, and we will tell you each of these places which are visible.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The guides invite them to view the biblical places from the summit.
Topics: Prayer, Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.3 (CSEL 39:53–54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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12.4CSEL 39:54
Tunc nos gauisi satis statim egressi sumus foras. Nam de hostio ipsius ecclesiae uidimus locum, ubi intrat Iordanis in mare mortuum, qui locus subter nos, quemadmodum stabamus, parebat. Vidimus etiam de contra non solum Libiadam, quae citra Iordanem erat, sed et Iericho, quae trans Iordanem; tantum eminebat excelsus locus, ubi stabamus, id est ante hostium ecclesiae.
Then, very glad, we at once went outside. For from the door of the church we saw the place where the Jordan enters the Dead Sea, which place appeared below us as we stood. We also saw opposite not only Livias, which was on this side of the Jordan, but also Jericho, which is across the Jordan; so high stood the place where we were standing, that is, before the door of the church.
Notes and citation
Summary: From Nebo they see the Jordan's mouth, Livias and Jericho.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.4 (CSEL 39:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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12.5CSEL 39:54
Maxima etiam pars Palestinae, quae est terra repromissionis, inde uidebatur, nec non et omnis terra Iordanis, in quantum tamen poterat oculis conspici. In sinistra autem parte uidimus terras Sodomitum omnes nec non et Segor, quae tamen Segor sola de illis quinque in hodie constat.
The greatest part of Palestine too, which is the land of promise, was seen from there, and also the whole land of the Jordan, as far as could be seen by the eyes. On the left side we saw all the lands of the Sodomites, and also Zoar, which Zoar alone of those five still stands today.
Deut 34:1–3 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 19:22 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see Palestine and the land of Sodom, with Zoar still standing.
- Segor = Zoar.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.5 (CSEL 39:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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12.6CSEL 39:54
Nam et memoriale ibi est, de ceteris autem illis ciuitatibus nichil aliud apparet nisi subuersio ruinarum, quemadmodum in cinerem conuersae sunt. Locus etiam, ubi fuit titulus uxoris Loth, ostensus est nobis, qui locus etiam in scripturis legitur.
For there is a memorial there too; but of those other cities nothing else appears but the overthrow of ruins, as they were turned into ash. The place too where the monument of Lot's wife was was shown to us, which place is also read of in the Scriptures.
Gen 19:26 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They are shown the place of Lot's wife's pillar.
Topics: Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.6 (CSEL 39:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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12.7CSEL 39:54
Sed mihi credite, dominae uenerabiles, quia columna ipsa iam non paret, locus autem ipse tantum ostenditur; columna autem ipsa dicitur mari mortuo fuisse cooperta. Certe locum cum uideremus, columnam nullam uidimus, et ideo fallere uos super hanc rem non possum. Nam episcopus loci ipsius, id est de Segor, dixit nobis, quoniam iam aliquot anni essent, a quo non pareret columna illa. Nam de Segor forsitan sexto miliario ipse locus < est, > ubi stetit columna illa, quod nunc totum cooperit aqua.
But believe me, venerable ladies, the pillar itself no longer appears, only the place itself is shown; the pillar itself is said to have been covered by the Dead Sea. Certainly, when we saw the place, we saw no pillar, and so I cannot deceive you about this matter. For the bishop of that place, that is, of Zoar, told us that it was now some years since that pillar had been visible. For the place where that pillar stood <is> perhaps at the sixth milestone from Zoar, and now the water covers it all.
Notes and citation
Summary: Egeria admits the pillar can no longer be seen.
- The angle brackets around est are the editor's supplement.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.7 (CSEL 39:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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12.8CSEL 39:54–55
Item de dextra parte ecclesiae, a foras tamen, accessimus et ostensae sunt nobis inde a contra duae ciuitates, id est Esebon, quae fuit regis Seon regis Amorreorum, quae nunc appellatur Exebon, et alia Og regis Basan, quae nunc dicitur Sasdra. Item de eodem loco ostensa est nobis a contra Fogor, quae fuit ciuitas regni Edom.
Likewise, going to the right side of the church, though outside, we were shown from there, opposite, two cities, that is, Heshbon, which was King Sihon's, king of the Amorites, which is now called Exebon, and the other of Og king of Bashan, which is now called Sasdra. Likewise from the same place we were shown opposite Fogor, which was a city of the kingdom of Edom.
Num 21:26 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 21:33 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 23:28 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They are shown Heshbon, Edrei and Peor.
- Esebon = Heshbon; Sasdra = Edrei; Fogor = Peor. Egeria assigns Peor to Edom.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.8 (CSEL 39:54–55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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12.9CSEL 39:55
Hae autem ciuitates omnes, quas uidebamus, in montibus erant positae, infra autem modice deorsum planior locus nobis uidebatur. Tunc dictum est nobis, quia in isdem diebus, qua sanctus Moyses uel filii Israhel contra illas ciuitates pugnauerant, castra ibi fixa habuissent: nam et signa ibi parebant castrorum.
All these cities which we saw were set on mountains, but a little lower down a flatter place was seen by us. Then we were told that in the days when holy Moses or the children of Israel fought against those cities, they had their camp pitched there: for the marks of the camp appeared there too.
Notes and citation
Summary: Below lies the plain where Israel camped.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.9 (CSEL 39:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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12.10CSEL 39:55
Sane < de> illa parte montis, quam dixi sinistra, quae erat super mare mortuum, ostensus est nobis mons praecisus ualde, qui dictus est ante Agrispecula. Hic est mons, in quo posuit Balac filius Beor Balaam diuinum ad maledicendos filios Israhel et noluit Deus ita permittere, sicut scriptum est.
Indeed <on> that side of the mountain which I called the left, which was above the Dead Sea, we were shown a very steep mountain, which was formerly called Agrispecula. This is the mountain on which Balak son of Beor set Balaam the soothsayer to curse the children of Israel, and God would not allow it so, as it is written.
Num 23:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 22:5–6 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see the mountain where Balaam was set to curse Israel.
- Agrispecula: “field of the watchmen”, the field of Zophim (Num 23:14). Egeria calls Balak “son of Beor” (Balaam's father).
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.10 (CSEL 39:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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12.11CSEL 39:55
Ac sic ergo uisis omnibus, quae desiderabamus, in nomine Dei reuertentes per Iericho et iter omne, quod iueramus, regressi sumus in Ierusolimam.
And so, having seen all that we desired, returning in God's name through Jericho and all the road by which we had come, we went back to Jerusalem.
Notes and citation
Summary: They return to Jerusalem by Jericho.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 12.11 (CSEL 39:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/12-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 13
13.1CSEL 39:55
Item post aliquantum tempus uolui etiam ad regionem Ausitidem accedere propter uisendam memoriam sancti Iob gratia orationis; multos enim sanctos monachos uidebam inde uenientes in Ierusolimam ad uisenda loca sancta gratia orationis, qui singula referentes de eisdem locis, fecerunt magis desiderium imponendi michi laboris, ut etiam usque ad illa loca accederem, si tamen labor dici potest, ubi homo desiderium suum compleri uidet.
Likewise after some time I wished also to go to the region of Ausitis to see the tomb of holy Job, for the sake of prayer; for I saw many holy monks coming from there to Jerusalem to see the holy places for the sake of prayer, and they, telling of each of those places, made my desire greater to take on the labour of going even to those places, if indeed it can be called labour where a person sees her desire being fulfilled.
Job 1:1 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Egeria decides to visit Job's tomb in Ausitis.
- Ausitis: the land of Uz in the Greek Old Testament (Job 1:1).
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 13.1 (CSEL 39:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.2CSEL 39:55–56
Itaque ergo profecta sum de Ierusolima cum sanctis, qui tamen dignati sunt itineri meo comitatum praestare, et ipsi tamen gratia orationis: habens ergo iter ab Ierusolima usque ad Carneas eundo per mansiones octo — Carneas autem dicitur nunc ciuitas Iob, quae ante dicta est Dennaba in terra Ausitidi, in finibus Idumeae et Arabiae —: in quo itinere hiens uidi super ripam Iordanis fluminis uallem pulchram satis et amoenam, habundantem uineis et arboribus, quoniam aquae multae ibi erant et optimae satis.
So I set out from Jerusalem with holy men who were kind enough to keep me company on my journey, they too for the sake of prayer; having then a journey from Jerusalem to Carneas, going by eight stages — Carneas is now the name of the city of Job, which was formerly called Dennaba, in the land of Ausitis, on the borders of Idumaea and Arabia — on this journey, as I went, I saw on the bank of the river Jordan a very beautiful and pleasant valley, abounding in vines and trees, since there were many waters there and very excellent.
Notes and citation
Summary: On the way to Carneas, the city of Job, she sees a beautiful valley by the Jordan.
- Carneas = Carnaim (Sheikh Sa'd in the Hauran); Dennaba: the name of Job's city in the Greek appendix to Job (42:17).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): amoenam. habundantem → amoenam, habundantem.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 13.2 (CSEL 39:55–56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/13-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.3CSEL 39:56
Nam in ea ualle uicus erat grandis, qui appellatur nunc Sedima. In eo ergo uico, qui est in media planitie positus, in medio loco est monticulus non satis grandis, sed factus sicut solent esse tumbae, sed grandes: ibi ergo in summo ecclesia est et deorsum per girum ipsius colliculi parent fundamenta grandia antiqua; nunc autem in ipso uico turbae aliquantae commanent.
For in that valley there was a large village, which is now called Sedima. In that village, which is set in the middle of the plain, in the middle of the place is a little hill, not very large, but shaped as tombs usually are, but large ones: on the top of it there is a church, and below, round about the little hill, great ancient foundations appear; and now a number of people live in the village.
Notes and citation
Summary: At the village of Sedima a church stands on a mound.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 13.3 (CSEL 39:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/13-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.4CSEL 39:56
Ego autem cum uiderem locum tam gratum, requisiui, quisnam locus esset ille tam amoenus. Tunc dictum est michi: haec est ciuitas regis Melchisedech, quae dicta est ante Salem, unde nunc, corrupto sermone, Sedima appellatur ipse uicus. Nam in isto colliculo, qui est medio uico positus, in summitatem ipsius fabricam quam uides ecclesia est, quae ecclesia nunc appellatur graeco sermone opu Melchisedech. Nam hic est locus, ubi optulit Melchisedech hostias Deo puras, id est panes et uinum, sicut scriptum est eum fecisse.
When I saw so pleasant a place, I asked what that place so lovely was. Then I was told: “This is the city of King Melchizedek, which was formerly called Salem, from which now, by a corruption of the word, the village is called Sedima. For on this little hill, which is set in the middle of the village, on its summit, the building you see is a church, which church is now called in Greek opu Melchisedech. For this is the place where Melchizedek offered pure sacrifices to God, that is, bread and wine, as it is written that he did.”
Gen 14:18 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Sedima is said to be Melchizedek's Salem, where he offered bread and wine.
- opu Melchisedech: perhaps Greek ὅπου Μελχισεδέκ, “where Melchizedek [offered]”; in 15.5 the text has opus. Gen 14:18.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): t opu → opu.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 13.4 (CSEL 39:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/13-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 14
14.1CSEL 39:56
Statim ergo ut haec audiui, descendimus de animalibus, et ecce occurrere dignatus est sanctus presbyter ipsius loci, et clerici; qui nos statim suscipientes duxerunt suso ad ecclesiam. Ubi cum uenissemus, statim iuxta consuetudinem primum facta est oratio, deinde lectus est ipse locus de libro sancti Moysi, dictus est etiam psalmus unus competens loco ipsi, et denuo facta oratione descendimus.
As soon as I heard this, we got down from the animals, and behold, the holy presbyter of that place and the clergy were kind enough to come to meet us; they at once received us and led us up to the church. When we had come there, at once, according to custom, first prayer was made, then the passage itself was read from the book of holy Moses, one psalm suited to the place was also said, and when prayer had been made again we came down.
Notes and citation
Summary: At Melchizedek's church they keep the customary prayer, reading and psalm.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 14.1 (CSEL 39:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/14-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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14.2CSEL 39:56–57
Cum ergo descendissemus, ait nobis ille sanctus presbyter iam senior et de scripturis bene instructus, id est, qui ipsi loco praeerat ex monacho, cui presbytero et episcopi plurimi, quantum postmodum cognouimus, uitae ipsius testimonium grande ferebant, nam hoc de ipso dicebant, dignus qui praesit in hoc loco, ubi sanctus Melchisedech aduenientem sanctum Abraam hostias Deo puras primus optulit: cum ergo descendissemus, ut superius dixi, de ecclesia deorsum, ait nobis ipse sanctus presbyter: ecce ista fundamenta in giro colliculo isto, quae uidetis, hae sunt de palatio regis Melchisedech. Nam inde adhuc sic si quis subito iuxta sibi uult facere domum et fundamenta inde contiget, aliquotiens et de argento et aeramento modica frustella ibi inuenit.
When we had come down, that holy presbyter, already elderly and well instructed in the Scriptures, that is, the one who presided over that place, being from the monks, to whom very many bishops too, as we learned afterwards, bore great testimony of his life — for they said of him: worthy to preside in this place, where holy Melchizedek first offered pure sacrifices to God as holy Abraham arrived — when we had come down, as I said above, from the church, that holy presbyter said to us: “Behold, these foundations round this little hill, which you see, are of the palace of King Melchizedek. For even now, if anyone suddenly wants to build a house for himself nearby and strikes on the foundations there, he sometimes finds there small pieces of silver and bronze.
Gen 14:18 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The presbyter shows the foundations of Melchizedek's palace.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): descendissemus. ait → descendissemus, ait; colliculo isto. quae → colliculo isto, quae.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 14.2 (CSEL 39:56–57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/14-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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14.3CSEL 39:57
Nam ecce ista uia, quam uidetis transire inter fluuium Iordanem et uicum istum, haec est qua uia regressus est sanctus Abraam de caede Codollagomor regis gentium reuertens in Sodomis, qua ei occurrit sanctus Melchisedech rex Salem.
For behold, this road which you see passing between the river Jordan and this village is the road by which holy Abraham returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, king of the nations, coming back to Sodom, where holy Melchizedek, king of Salem, met him.”
Gen 14:17–18 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The road is where Melchizedek met Abraham.
- Codollagomor = Chedorlaomer. Gen 14:17–18.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): tiuuium → fluuium.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 14.3 (CSEL 39:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/14-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 15
15.1CSEL 39:57
Tunc ergo quia retinebam scriptum esse babtizasse sanctum Iohannem in Enon iuxta Salim, requisiui de eo, quam longe esset ipse locus. Tunc ait ille sanctus presbyter: ecce hic est in ducentis passibus; nam si uis, ecce modo pedibus duco uos ibi. Nam haec aqua tam grandis et tam pura, quam uidetis in isto uico, de ipso fonte uenit.
Then, because I remembered that it is written that holy John baptized in Aenon near Salim, I asked him how far that place was. Then that holy presbyter said: “Behold, it is here, two hundred paces away; if you wish, I will now take you there on foot. For this water so great and so pure, which you see in this village, comes from that spring.”
John 3:23 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The presbyter offers to show them Aenon near Salim.
- John 3:23.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 15.1 (CSEL 39:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/15-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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15.2CSEL 39:57
Tunc ergo gratias ei agere coepi et rogare, ut duceret nos ad locum, sicut et factum est. Statim ergo coepimus ire cum eo pedibus totum per uallem amoenissimam, donec perueniremus usque ad hortum pomarium ualde amoenum, ubi ostendit nobis in medio fontem aquae optimae satis et purae, qui a semel integrum fluuium dimittebat. Habebat autem ante se ipse fons quasi lacum, ubi parebat fuisse operatum sanctum Iohannem baptistam.
Then I began to thank him and ask him to take us to the place, as was done. So at once we began to go with him on foot through a most pleasant valley, until we came to a very pleasant orchard garden, where he showed us in the middle a spring of very good and pure water, which at once sent forth a whole stream. In front of it the spring had as it were a pool, where it appeared that holy John the Baptist had worked.
Notes and citation
Summary: They see the spring and pool where John baptized.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): c??pimus → coepimus.
Topics: Baptism, Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 15.2 (CSEL 39:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/15-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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15.3CSEL 39:57–58
Tunc dixit nobis ipse sanctus presbyter: in hodie hic hortus aliter non appellatur graeco sermone nisi cepos tu agiu iohanni, id est quod uos dicitis latine hortus sancti Iohannis. Nam et multi fratres sancti monachi de diuersis locis uenientes tendunt se, ut lauentur in eo loco.
Then the holy presbyter said to us: “To this day this garden is called in Greek nothing else but cepos tu agiu iohanni, that is, what you call in Latin the garden of Saint John. For many brothers too, holy monks coming from various places, make their way to wash in that place.”
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Summary: The garden is called Saint John's garden.
- cepos tu agiu iohanni: Greek κῆπος τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 15.3 (CSEL 39:57–58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/15-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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15.4CSEL 39:58
Denuo ergo et ad ipsum fontem, sicut et in singulis locis, facta est oratio et lecta est ipsa lectio, dictus etiam psalmus competens et singula, quae consuetudinis nobis erant facere, ubicumque ad loca sancta ueniebamus, ita et ibi fecimus.
So again, at the spring itself, as at each place, prayer was made and the reading itself was read, a suitable psalm was also said, and each of the things which it was our custom to do wherever we came to holy places we did there too.
Notes and citation
Summary: They pray and read at the spring.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 15.4 (CSEL 39:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/15-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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15.5CSEL 39:58
Illud etiam presbyter sanctus dixit nobis, eo quod usque in hodierna die semper cata pascha, quicumque essent baptizandi in ipso uico, id est in ecclesia, quae appellatur opus Melchisedech, omnes in ipso fonte baptizarentur, sic redirent mature ad candelas cum clericis et monachis dicendo psalmos uel antiphonas et sic a fonte usque ad ecclesiam sancti Melchisedech deducerentur mature omnes, qui fuissent baptizati.
The holy presbyter also told us this, that to this present day always at Pascha, whoever were to be baptized in that village, that is, in the church called opus Melchisedech, were all baptized in that spring, and so returned early by candlelight with the clergy and monks, saying psalms or antiphons, and so all who had been baptized were led early from the spring to the church of holy Melchizedek.
Notes and citation
Summary: At Pascha the candidates are baptized in the spring and led in procession to the church.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 15.5 (CSEL 39:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/15-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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15.6CSEL 39:58
Nos ergo accipientes de presbytero eulogias, id est de pomario sancti Iohannis baptistae, similiter et de sanctis monachis, qui ibi monasteria habebant in ipso horto pomario, et gratias semper Deo agentes profecti sumus iter nostrum, quo ibamus.
So receiving blessings from the presbyter, that is, from the orchard of holy John the Baptist, and likewise from the holy monks who had monasteries there in that orchard garden, and always giving thanks to God, we set out on the road by which we were going.
Notes and citation
Summary: With gifts of fruit they continue their journey.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 15.6 (CSEL 39:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/15-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 16
16.1CSEL 39:58
Ac sic ergo euntes aliquandiu per uallem Iordanis super ripam fluminis ipsius, quia ibi nobis iter erat aliquandiu, ad subito uidimus ciuitatem sancti prophetae Heliae, id est Thesbe, unde ille habuit nomen Helias Thesbites. Inibi est ergo usque in hodie spelunca, in qua sedit ipse sanctus, et ibi est memoria sancti Gethae, cuius nomen in libris Iudicum legimus.
And so, going for some time through the valley of the Jordan along the bank of that river, because our route lay there for some time, suddenly we saw the city of the holy prophet Elijah, that is, Thisbe, from which he had the name Elijah the Tishbite. There to this day is the cave in which that holy man sat, and there is the tomb of holy Jephthah, whose name we read in the books of Judges.
1 Kgs 17:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Judg 11:1 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see Thisbe, Elijah's city, with his cave and Jephthah's tomb.
- Gethae = Jephthah.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 16.1 (CSEL 39:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/16-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.2CSEL 39:58
Ac sic ergo et ibi gratias Deo agentes iuxta consuetudinem perexiuimus iter nostrum. Item euntes in eo itinere uidimus uallem de sinistro nobis uenientem amoenissimam, quae uallis erat ingens mittens torrentem in Iordanem infinitum, et ibi in ipsa ualle uidimus monasterium cuiusdam fratris nunc id est monachi.
And so there too, giving thanks to God according to custom, we went on our way. Likewise going on that road we saw a most pleasant valley coming down on our left, which was a huge valley sending a stream into the Jordan, very great, and there in that valley we saw the monastery of a certain brother, that is, a monk.
Notes and citation
Summary: They see a monk's monastery in a valley by a stream.
Topics: Monastic life
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 16.2 (CSEL 39:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/16-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.3CSEL 39:58–59
Tunc ego, ut sum satis curiosa, requirere coepi, quae esset haec uallis, ubi sanctus monachus nunc monasterium sibi fecisset; non enim putabam hoc sine causa esse. Tunc dixerunt nobis sancti, qui nobiscum iter faciebant, id est loci notores: haec est uallis Corra, ubi sedit sanctus Helias Thesbites temporibus Achab regis, qua famis fuit, et iusso Dei coruus ei escam portabat et de eo torrente aquam bibebat. Nam hic torrens, quem uides de ipsa ualle percurrentem in Iordanem, hic est Corra.
Then I, since I am very curious, began to ask what this valley was, where a holy monk had now made a monastery for himself; for I did not think this was without reason. Then the holy men who were travelling with us, that is, those who knew the place, said to us: “This is the valley of Corra, where holy Elijah the Tishbite sat in the times of King Ahab, when there was a famine, and at God's command a raven brought him food, and he drank water from that stream. For this stream, which you see running from that valley into the Jordan, is Corra.”
1 Kgs 17:3–6 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: This is the brook where ravens fed Elijah.
- Corra = the brook Cherith (Chorrath in the Greek). 1 Kgs 17:3–6.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): curioaa..requirere → curiosa, requirere; insso → iusso.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 16.3 (CSEL 39:58–59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/16-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.4CSEL 39:59
Ac sic ergo nichilominus Deo gratias agentes, qui nobis non merentibus singula, quae desiderabamus, dignabatur ostendere, itaque ergo ire coepimus iter nostrum sicut singulis diebus. Ac sic ergo facientes iter singulis diebus ad subito de latere sinistro, unde e contra partes Fenicis uidebamus, apparuit nobis mons ingens et altus infinitum, qui tendebatur in longo
And so, nonetheless giving thanks to God, who deigned to show us, undeserving, each thing we desired, we began to go on our way as on each day. And so, journeying each day, suddenly on the left side, from where we saw opposite the parts of Phoenicia, there appeared to us a huge mountain, endlessly high, which stretched out in length …
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: They see a great mountain; the text breaks off here.
- A leaf of the manuscript is lost here; the digital text includes the editor's note “one leaf has been cut out”, removed. The text resumes in 16.5 in the middle of the account of the finding of Job's tomb.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (leaked editorial note): in longo Unum folium excisum est → in longo.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 16.4 (CSEL 39:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/16-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.5CSEL 39:59
qui sanctus monachus uir ascitis necesse habuit post tot annos, quibus sedebat in heremum, mouere se et descendere ad ciuitatem Carneas, ut commoneret episcopum uel clericos temporis ipsius, iuxta quod ei fuerat reuelatum, ut foderent in eo loco, qui ei fuerat ostensus, sicut et factum est.
… which holy monk, an ascetic man, had to move after so many years in which he had sat in the desert and come down to the city of Carneas, to warn the bishop and clergy of that time, according to what had been revealed to him, that they should dig in the place that had been shown him, as was done.
Notes and citation
Summary: A hermit, by revelation, told the bishop of Carneas where to dig.
- The beginning of this account is lost (see 16.4).
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 16.5 (CSEL 39:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/16-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.6CSEL 39:59–60
Qui fodientes in eo loco, qui ostensus fuerat, inuenerunt speluncam, quam sequentes fuerunt forsitan per passus centum, quo adsubito fodientibus illis adparuit lapis, quem lapidem cum perdiscoperuissent, inuenerunt sculptum in coperculo ipsius Iob. Cui Iob ad tunc in eo loco facta est ista ecclesia, quam uidetis, ita tamen ut lapis cum corpore non moueretur in alio loco, sed ibi, ubi inuentum fuerat corpus, positus esset, et ut corpus subter altarium iaceret. Illa autem ecclesia, quam tribunus nescio qui faciebat, sic fuit inperfecta usque in hodie.
Digging in the place that had been shown, they found a cave, which they followed for perhaps a hundred paces, when suddenly, as they dug, a stone appeared; and when they had fully uncovered this stone, they found carved on its lid “Job”. For this Job, then, this church which you see was made in that place, yet in such a way that the stone with the body was not moved to another place, but was put where the body had been found, and that the body should lie under the altar. That church, which some tribune or other was building, has remained unfinished to this day.
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Summary: They found Job's tomb in a cave and built a church over it.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 16.6 (CSEL 39:59–60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/16-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.7CSEL 39:60
Ac sic ergo nos alia die mane rogauimus episcopum, ut faceret oblationem, sicut et facere dignatus est, et benedicens nos episcopus profecti sumus. Communicantes ergo et ibi, gratias agentes Deo semper regressi sumus in Ierusolimam, iter facientes per singulas mansiones, per quas ieramus tres annos.
And so the next day in the morning we asked the bishop to make the offering, as he was kind enough to do, and the bishop blessing us, we set out. So having communicated there too, always giving thanks to God, we returned to Jerusalem, travelling by each of the stages by which we had gone, three years.
Notes and citation
Summary: After the Eucharist at Job's church they return to Jerusalem.
- “three years”: the text seems to have lost words; she means that three years had passed since she came to Jerusalem (cf. 17.1).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): episcopum. ut → episcopum, ut.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 16.7 (CSEL 39:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/16-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 17
17.1CSEL 39:60
Item in nomine Dei, transacto aliquanto tempore, cum iam tres anni pleni essent, a quo in Ierusolimam uenissem, uisis etiam omnibus locis sanctis, ad quos orationis gratia me tenderam, et ideo iam reuertendi ad patriam animus esset, uolui iubente Deo etiam et ad Mesopotamiam Syriae accedere ad uisendos sanctos monachos, qui ibi plurimi et tam eximiae uitae esse dicebantur, ut uix referri possit, nec non etiam et gratia orationis ad martyrium sancti Thomae apostoli, ubi corpus illius integrum positum est, id est apud Edessam, quem se illuc missurum, postea quam in caelis ascendisset, Deus noster Iesus testatus est per epistolam, quam ad Aggarum regem per Ananiam cursorem misit, quaeque epistola cum grandi reuerentia apud Edessam ciuitatem, ubi est ipsud martyrium.
Likewise in the name of God, after some time had passed, when three full years had now passed since I came to Jerusalem, and I had seen all the holy places to which I had made my way for the sake of prayer, and I therefore now had in mind to return to my homeland, I wished, at God's bidding, to go also to Mesopotamia of Syria to see the holy monks, who were said to be very many there and of a life so excellent that it can scarcely be told, and also for the sake of prayer at the martyr-shrine of holy Thomas the apostle, where his body is laid entire, that is, at Edessa; whom our God Jesus testified that he would send there after he had ascended into heaven, by the letter which he sent to King Abgar by Ananias the courier; and this letter is kept with great reverence at the city of Edessa, where that martyr-shrine is.
Notes and citation
Summary: After three years in Jerusalem Egeria sets out for Edessa and Thomas's shrine.
- The letter of Jesus to Abgar of Edessa (Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13). The verb (custoditur, “is kept”) falls in 17.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Abgar (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar; allusion)
Topics: Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 17.1 (CSEL 39:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/17-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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17.2CSEL 39:60
custoditur. Nam mihi credat uolo affectio uestra, quoniam nullus christianorum est, qui non se tendat illuc gratia orationis, quicumque tamen usque ad loca sancta, id est in Ierusolimis accesserit; et hic locus de Ierusolima uicesima et quinta mansione est.
For I want your affection to believe me that there is no Christian who does not make his way there for the sake of prayer, whoever has come as far as the holy places, that is, to Jerusalem; and this place is the twenty-fifth stage from Jerusalem.
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Summary: Every pilgrim to Jerusalem also goes to Edessa.
Topics: Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 17.2 (CSEL 39:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/17-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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17.3CSEL 39:60
Et quoniam de Antiochia propius est Mesopotamiam, fuit mihi iubente Deo oportunum satis, ut quemadmodum reuertebar Constantinopolim, quia per Antiochiam iter erat, inde ad Mesopotamiam irem, sicut et factum est Deo iubente.
And since Mesopotamia is nearer from Antioch, it was very convenient for me, at God's bidding, that as I was returning to Constantinople, since the route was through Antioch, I should go from there to Mesopotamia, as was done at God's bidding.
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Summary: She goes to Mesopotamia from Antioch on her way home.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 17.3 (CSEL 39:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/17-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 18
18.1CSEL 39:60–61
Itaque ergo in nomine Christi Dei nostri profecta sum de Antiochia ad Mesopotamiam habens iter per mansiones seu ciuitates aliquot prouinciae Siriae Celen, quae est Antiochiae, et inde ingressa fines prouinciae Augustofratensis, perueni ad ciuitatem Gerapolim, quae est metropolis ipsius prouinciae, id est Augustofratensis. Et quoniam haec ciuitas ualde pulchra et opulenta est atque abundans omnibus, necesse me fuit ibi facere statiuam, quoniam iam inde non longe erant fines Mesopotamiae.
And so in the name of Christ our God I set out from Antioch for Mesopotamia, making my way through several stages or cities of the province of Syria Coele, which is Antioch's, and from there, entering the borders of the province of Augusta Euphratensis, I came to the city of Hierapolis, which is the capital of that province, that is, of Augusta Euphratensis. And since this city is very beautiful and rich and abounding in everything, I had to make a halt there, since the borders of Mesopotamia were not far from there.
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Summary: Egeria travels from Antioch to Hierapolis.
- Gerapolis / Ierapolis = Hierapolis (Mabbug).
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 18.1 (CSEL 39:60–61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/18-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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18.2CSEL 39:61
Itaque ergo proficiscens de Ierapolim in quintodecimo miliario in nomine Dei perueni ad unum Eufraten, de quo satis bene scriptum est esse flumen magnum Eufraten et ingens, et quasi terribilis est; ita enim decurrit habens impetum, sicut habet fluuius Rodanus, nisi quod adhuc maior est Eufrates.
And so setting out from Hierapolis, at the fifteenth milestone, in the name of God, I came to the Euphrates, of which it is very well written that it is the great river Euphrates; and it is huge and as it were terrible; for it runs down with such force as the river Rhône has, except that the Euphrates is still greater.
Gen 15:18 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: She reaches the great river Euphrates.
- Cf. Gen 15:18. The comparison with the Rhône suggests that Egeria came from Gaul or Spain.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 18.2 (CSEL 39:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/18-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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18.3CSEL 39:61
Itaque ergo quoniam necesse erat eum nauibus transire, et nauibus nonnisi maioribus, ac sic immorata sum ibi forsitan plus media die; et inde in nomine Dei transito flumine Eufraten, ingressa sum fines Mesopotamiae Siriae.
And so, since it had to be crossed by ships, and only by larger ships, I stayed there perhaps more than half a day; and from there, in the name of God, having crossed the river Euphrates, I entered the borders of Mesopotamia of Syria.
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Summary: She crosses the Euphrates into Mesopotamia.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 18.3 (CSEL 39:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/18-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 19
19.1CSEL 39:61
Ac sic denuo faciens iter per mansiones aliquot, perueni ad ciuitatem, cuius nomen in scripturis positum legimus, id est Batanis, quae ciuitas usque in hodie est. Nam et ecclesia cum episcopo uere sancto et monacho et confessore habet, et martyria aliquanta. Ipsa etiam ciuitas habundans multitudine hominum est, nam et miles ibi sedet cum tribuno suo.
And so, again travelling by several stages, I came to a city whose name we read set down in the Scriptures, that is, Batanis, which city exists to this day. For it has a church with a truly holy bishop, a monk and confessor, and several martyr-shrines. The city itself abounds in a multitude of people, for soldiers are stationed there with their tribune.
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Summary: She comes to Batnae, a city with a holy bishop.
- Batanis = Batnae in Osroene; its identification with a city in Scripture is uncertain.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): ad: ciuitatem → ad ciuitatem.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.1 (CSEL 39:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.2CSEL 39:61
Unde denuo proficiscens, peruenimus in nomine Christi Dei nostri Edessam. Ubi cum peruenissemus, statim perreximus ad ecclesiam et ad martyrium sancti Thomae. Itaque ergo iuxta consuetudinem factis orationibus et cetera, quae consuetudo erat fieri in locis sanctis, nec non etiam et aliquanta ipsius sancti Thomae ibi legimus.
Setting out again from there, we came in the name of Christ our God to Edessa. When we arrived there, we at once went to the church and the martyr-shrine of holy Thomas. And so, according to custom, after prayers and the other things that it was the custom to do in holy places, we also read there some of the writings of holy Thomas himself.
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Summary: At Edessa they pray at Thomas's shrine and read some of his writings.
- Probably the apocryphal Acts of Thomas.
Extrabiblical texts: Acts Thom. (Acts of Thomas; allusion)
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.2 (CSEL 39:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.3CSEL 39:61
Ecclesia autem, ibi quae est, ingens et ualde pulchra et noua dispositione, ut uere digna est esse domus Dei; et quoniam multa erant, quae ibi desiderabam uidere, necesse me fuit ibi statiua triduana facere.
The church which is there is huge and very beautiful and of new design, so that it is truly worthy to be the house of God; and since there were many things there I wished to see, I had to make a three-day halt there.
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Summary: Edessa's church is great and new; she stays three days.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.3 (CSEL 39:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.4CSEL 39:61–62
Ac sic ergo uidi in eadem ciuitate martyria plurima nec non et sanctos monachos, commanentes alios per martyria, alios longius de ciuitate in secretioribus locis habentes monasteria.
And so I saw in that city very many martyr-shrines and also holy monks, some living at the martyr-shrines, others having monasteries further from the city in more secluded places.
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Summary: She sees many shrines and monks.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.4 (CSEL 39:61–62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.5CSEL 39:62
Et quoniam sanctus episcopus ipsius ciuitatis, uir uere religiosus et monachus et confessor, suscipiens me libenter ait michi: quoniam uideo te, filia, gratia religionis tam magnum laborem tibi imposuisse, ut de extremis porro terris uenires ad haec loca, itaque ergo, si libenter habes, quaecumque loca sunt hic grata ad uidendum christianis, ostendimus tibi: tunc ergo gratias agens Deo primum et sic ipsi rogaui plurimum, ut dignaretur facere, quod dicebat.
And since the holy bishop of that city, a truly religious man, a monk and confessor, receiving me gladly, said to me: “Since I see, daughter, that for the sake of religion you have taken on so great a labour as to come from the farthest lands to these places, therefore, if you are willing, whatever places here are pleasing for Christians to see, we will show you,” then, first giving thanks to God, I asked him very much to be so kind as to do what he said.
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Summary: The bishop of Edessa offers to show her the sights.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.5 (CSEL 39:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.6CSEL 39:62
Itaque ergo duxit me primum ad palatium Aggari regis et ibi ostendit michi archiotepam ipsius ingens simillimam, ut ipsi dicebant, marmoream, tanti nitoris, ac si de margarita esset, in cuius Aggari uultu parebat de contra uere fuisse hunc uirum satis sapientem et honoratum. Tunc ait mihi sanctus episcopus: ecce rex Aggarus, qui antequam uideret Dominum, credidit ei, quia esset uere filius Dei. Nam erat et iuxta archiotipa similiter de tali marmore facta, quam dixit filii ipsius esse Magni, similiter et ipsa habens aliquid gratiae in uultu.
And so he led me first to the palace of King Abgar, and there showed me his great statue, very lifelike, as they said, of marble, of such brilliance as if it were of pearl, in whose face, Abgar's, it appeared plainly from opposite that this man was truly very wise and honoured. Then the holy bishop said to me: “Behold King Abgar, who before he saw the Lord believed in him, that he was truly the Son of God.” For there was also beside it a statue made likewise of such marble, which he said was of his son Magnus, it too having some grace in its face.
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Summary: The bishop shows her statues of Abgar and his son.
- archiotepa: probably Greek ἀρχέτυπος, here “statue, portrait”.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.6 (CSEL 39:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.7CSEL 39:62
Item perintrauimus in interiori parte palatii; et ibi erant fontes piscibus pleni, quales ego adhuc nunquam uidi, id est tantae magnitudinis uel tam perlustres aut tam boni saporis. Nam ipsa ciuitas aliam aquam penitus non habet nunc nisi eam, quae de palatio exit, quae est ac si fluuius ingens argenteus.
Likewise we went into the inner part of the palace; and there were pools full of fish, such as I have never yet seen, that is, of such size or so bright or of such good taste. For the city itself has no other water at all now but that which comes out of the palace, which is like a great silver river.
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Summary: The palace has pools of fish that supply the city's water.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.7 (CSEL 39:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.8CSEL 39:62
Et tunc retulit michi de ipsa aqua sic sanctus episcopus dicens: quodam tempore, posteaquam scripserat Aggarus rex ad Dominum et Dominus rescripserat Aggaro per Ananiam cursorem, sicut scriptum est in ipsa epistola: transacto ergo aliquanto tempore superueniunt Persae et girant ciuitatem istam. Sed statim Aggarus
And then the holy bishop told me about that water, saying thus: “At a certain time, after King Abgar had written to the Lord and the Lord had written back to Abgar by Ananias the courier, as is written in that letter, after some time had passed the Persians come upon us and surround this city. But at once Abgar,
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop tells how the Persians besieged Edessa.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (hyphenation): super- ueniunt → superueniunt.
Extrabiblical texts: Abgar (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.8 (CSEL 39:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.9CSEL 39:62–63
epistolam Domini ferens ad portam cum omni exercitu suo publice orauit. Et post dixit: Domine Iesu, tu promiseras nobis, ne aliquis hostium ingrederetur ciuitatem istam, et ecce nunc Persae inpugnant nos: quod cum dixisset, tenens manibus leuatis epistolam ipsam apertam rex, ad subito tantae tenebrae factae sunt, foras ciuitatem tamen ante oculos Persarum, cum iam prope plicarent ciuitati, ita ut usque tertium miliarium de ciuitate essent: sed ita mox tenebris turbati sunt, ut uix castra ponerent et pergirarent in miliario tertio totam ciuitatem.
carrying the Lord's letter to the gate with all his army, prayed publicly. And afterwards he said: Lord Jesus, you had promised us that no enemy would enter this city, and behold, now the Persians attack us. When he had said this, the king holding that open letter in his raised hands, suddenly such darkness came, yet outside the city, before the eyes of the Persians, when they were already drawing near the city, so that they were at the third milestone from the city; but they were soon so confused by the darkness that they could scarcely pitch camp and surround the whole city at the third milestone.
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Summary: Abgar prayed with the letter and darkness confounded the Persians.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): nobis. ne → nobis, ne.
Extrabiblical texts: Abgar (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar; allusion)
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.9 (CSEL 39:62–63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.10CSEL 39:63
Ita autem turbati sunt Persae, ut nunquam uiderent postea, qua parte in ciuitate ingrederentur, sed custodirent ciuitatem per giro clusam hostibus in miliario tamen tertio, quam tamen custodierunt mensibus aliquot.
And the Persians were so confused that they never afterwards saw on what side to enter the city, but they guarded the city closed round about against enemies, though at the third milestone, and guarded it for some months.
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Summary: The Persians could not find a way into the city.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.10 (CSEL 39:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.11CSEL 39:63
Postmodum autem, cum uiderent se nullo modo posse ingredi in ciuitatem, uoluerunt siti eos occidere, qui in ciuitate erant. Nam monticulum istum, quem uides, filia, super ciuitate hac, in illo tempore ipse huic ciuitati aquam ministrabat. Tunc uidentes hoc Persae auerterunt ipsam aquam a ciuitate et fecerunt ei decursum contra ipso loco, ubi ipsi castra posita habebant.
Afterwards, when they saw that they could in no way enter the city, they wished to kill by thirst those who were in the city. For this little hill which you see, daughter, above this city, at that time supplied this city with water. Then the Persians, seeing this, turned that water away from the city and made it a channel towards the place where they themselves had pitched their camp.
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Summary: The Persians diverted the city's water.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.11 (CSEL 39:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.12CSEL 39:63
In ea ergo die et in ea hora, qua auerterant Persae aquam, statim hii fontes, quos uides in eo loco, iusso Dei a semel eruperunt; ex ea die hi fontes usque in hodie permanent hic gratia Dei. Illa autem aqua, quam Persae auerterant, ita siccata est in ea hora, ut nec ipsi haberent uel una die quod biberent, qui obsedebant ciuitatem, sicut tamen et usque In hodie apparet; nam postea nunquam nec qualiscumque humor ibi apparuit usque in hodie.
On that day and at that hour when the Persians had turned the water away, at once these springs which you see in this place burst out at once by God's command; from that day these springs remain here to this day by the grace of God. But that water which the Persians had turned away was so dried up at that hour that even they who were besieging the city had not even for one day anything to drink, as indeed still appears to this day; for afterwards never any moisture whatever appeared there to this day.
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Summary: Springs burst out in the city while the diverted water dried up.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.12 (CSEL 39:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.13CSEL 39:63
Ac sic iubente Deo, qui hoc promiserat futurum, necesse fuit eos statim reuerti ad sua, id est in Persida. Nam et postmodum quotienscumque uoluerunt uenire et expugnare hanc ciuitatem hostes, haec epistola prolata est et lecta est in porta, et statim nutu Dei expulsi sunt omnes hostes.
And so, at the bidding of God, who had promised that this would be, they had to return at once to their own land, that is, to Persia. And afterwards too, whenever enemies wished to come and storm this city, this letter was brought out and read at the gate, and at once by God's will all the enemies were driven out.”
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Summary: The letter read at the gate has always repelled enemies.
Extrabiblical texts: Abgar (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.13 (CSEL 39:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.14CSEL 39:63–64
Illud etiam retulit sanctus episcopus, eo quod hii fontes ubi eruperunt, ante sic fuerit campus intra ciuitatem subiacens palatio Aggari. Quod palatium Aggari quasi in editiori loco positum erat, sicut et nunc paret, ut uides. Nam consuetudo talis erat in illo tempore, ut palatia, quotiensque fabricabantur, semper in editioribus locis fierent.
The holy bishop also told this, that where these springs burst out there had before been a field within the city lying below Abgar's palace. That palace of Abgar was placed as it were on higher ground, as it still appears now, as you see. For such was the custom at that time, that palaces, whenever they were built, were always made on higher places.
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Summary: The springs rose in a field below Abgar's palace.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.14 (CSEL 39:63–64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.15CSEL 39:64
Sed postmodum quam hii fontes in eo loco eruperunt, tunc ipse Aggarus filio suo Magno, id est isti, cuius archiotipa uides iuxta patre posita, hoc palatium fecit in eo loco, ita tamen ut hii fontes intra palatium includerentur.
But after these springs burst out in that place, then Abgar himself built this palace in that place for his son Magnus, that is, the one whose statue you see placed beside his father, yet in such a way that these springs were enclosed within the palace.
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Summary: Abgar built a palace for Magnus enclosing the springs.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.15 (CSEL 39:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.16CSEL 39:64
Postea ergo quam haec omnia retulit sanctus episcopus, ait ad me: eamus nunc ad portam, per quam ingressus est Ananias cursor cum illa epistola, quam dixeram. Cum ergo uenissemus ad portam ipsam, stans episcopus fecit orationem et legit nobis ibi ipsas epistolas et denuo benedicens nos facta est iterata oratio.
So after the holy bishop had told all these things, he said to me: “Let us go now to the gate through which Ananias the courier entered with that letter of which I spoke.” So when we had come to that gate, the bishop, standing, made a prayer and read us there those letters, and again, blessing us, a further prayer was made.
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Summary: At the gate the bishop reads the letters and prays.
Extrabiblical texts: Abgar (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar; allusion)
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.16 (CSEL 39:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.17CSEL 39:64
Illud etiam retulit nobis sanctus ipse dicens, eo quod ex ea die, qua Ananias cursor per ipsam portam ingressus est cum epistolam Domini, usque in praesentem diem custodiatur, ne quis immundus, ne quis lugubris per ipsam portam transeat, sed nec corpus alicuius mortui eiciatur per ipsam portam.
The holy man himself also told us this, saying that from the day on which Ananias the courier entered through that gate with the Lord's letter to the present day, care is taken that no unclean person, no mourner, passes through that gate, nor is the body of any dead person carried out through that gate.
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Summary: No unclean person or corpse may pass through that gate.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): lllud → Illud.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.17 (CSEL 39:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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19.18CSEL 39:64
Ostendit etiam nobis sanctus episcopus memoriam Aggari uel totius familiae ipsius ualde pulchra, sed facta more antiquo. Duxit etiam nos et ad illum palatium superiorem, quod habuerat primitus rex Aggarus, et si qua praeterea loca erant, monstrauit nobis.
The holy bishop also showed us the tomb of Abgar and of all his family, very beautiful, but made in the ancient fashion. He also took us to that upper palace which King Abgar had first had, and showed us whatever other places there were.
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Summary: She sees Abgar's family tomb and old palace.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.18 (CSEL 39:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898), digital text (OCR slips corrected by logged corrections; Geyer's square brackets treated as deletions). No public-domain or FOTC English was found, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.
19.19CSEL 39:64
Illud etiam satis mihi grato fuit, ut epistolas ipsas siue Aggari ad Dominum, siue Domini ad Aggarum, quas nobis ibi legerat sanctus episcopus, acciperem michi ab ipso sancto. Et licet in patria exemplaria ipsarum haberem, tamen gratius mihi uisum est, ut et ibi eas de ipso acciperem, ne quid forsitan minus ad nos in patria peruenisset; nam uere amplius est, quod hic accepi. Unde si Deus noster Iesus iusserit et uenero in patria, legitis et uos, dominae animae meae.
This too was very pleasing to me, that I received from the holy man himself those letters, whether of Abgar to the Lord or of the Lord to Abgar, which the holy bishop had read to us there. And although I had copies of them at home, yet it seemed more pleasing to me to receive them there from him too, lest perhaps something less had reached us at home; for what I received here is truly fuller. Hence, if our God Jesus commands it and I come home, you too, ladies, my very souls, will read them.
Notes and citation
Summary: Egeria receives copies of the letters to bring home.
- dominae animae meae: “ladies, my soul”, an affectionate address.
Extrabiblical texts: Abgar (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 19.19 (CSEL 39:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/19-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898), digital text (OCR slips corrected by logged corrections; Geyer's square brackets treated as deletions). No public-domain or FOTC English was found, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.