Estoire de Jerusalem et d'Antioche by Anonymous

Background and Biography

Background and Biography

Excerpts

English from Ambraseys (2009)

• from Ambraseys (2009)

(1114) On the Feast of St Lawrence we were visited by an earthquake: all the maritime cities and fortified towns collapsed, and people died. The cities of Mareis [Marash] and Trichalet [Trihaleth] collapsed. The Turks passed the Euphrates, and came between the Euphrates and Antioch. (Estoire, 645C)

English from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

• from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

1114. Then we had a plague of locusts from the region of Arabia which destroyed all our corn and gardens. On the feast of St.Lawrence there was an earthquake, and all the towns and settlements along the coast collapsed, thereby killing the inhabitants. The towns of Maras and Trihalet collapsed in ruins

English from Recueil Des Historiens Des Croisades Historiens occidentaux (1895)

• from French from Recueil Des Historiens Des Croisades Historiens occidentaux (1895) Volume 5 XII, p. 645

X. 1114 CE. Then a great plant of aosteroles [locusts]^f came to us from the regions of Arabia^g, which immediately spoiled our wheat and gardens [crops?]. At the feast of Saint Lawrence^h, an earthquake affected us, and all the coastal cities and castles collapsed and the people died. The cities of Mareis [Marash]ⁱ and Trichalet^j collapsed. The Tur passed Euphrates, and came between Antioch and Euphrates, before the city of Caesar^k. The kings Doldequins, who had consented to the death of Malduic, made peace with the king of Jerusalem, and with Roger, prince of Antioch; so they went; they gathered against the waters and they grew stronger.

Footnotes

f Grasshoppers, from August = August.

g From Arabia.

h August 10.

i Marash.

j Wilh. Tyr., I. XI, c. xxiii, p. 492; Fulch. Carn. I.II, c, lii, p. 428. Cf. Hist. Arab des cr., t. I, p. 295.

k Cesaree, on the Orontes. Fulch. Carn., I.I, c. XLIV; I.II, c. lii-lix [Hist. occ. des cr., III, pp. 423, 428, 433).

French from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

• from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

MCXIII. Puis nos vint tant grant plante d'aosteroles des contrees d'Airabe, qui tot nos gasterent blez et gardins. A feste saint Loraint, nos vint terre mote, et fundirent tote la marine citez et chastiaus, et deunc la gent morut; la cite de Mareis et Trichalet fundirent.

French from Recueil Des Historiens Des Croisades Historiens Occidentaux (1895)

• from French from Recueil Des Historiens Des Croisades Historiens occidentaux (1895) Volume 5 XII, p. 645

X. MCXIIII. Puis nos vint tant grant piante d’aosteroles^f des contrees d’Airabe^g, qui tot nos gasterent blez et gardins. A feste saint Lorant^h, nos vint terre mote, et fundirent tote la marine citez et chastiaus, et deunc la gent morut; la cite de Mareisⁱ et Trichalet^j fundire[n]t. Li Tur passerent Eufrate, et vindrent antre Antioche et Eufrate, devant la cite de Cesar^k. Li roys Doldequins, qui avoit consanti a la mort Malduic, fist paiz au roy de Jerusalem, et a Rogier, prince d’Antioche; donc an alerent; assamblerent contre eaus et il se cresdrent an sus.

Footnotes

f Sauterelles, d'aost = aout.

g D’Arabie.

h Le 10 aout.

i Marasch.

j Wilh. Tyr., I. XI, c. xxiii, p. 492; Fulch. Carn. I.II, c, lii, p. 428. Cf. Hist. arabes des cr., t. I, p. 295.

k Cesaree, sur 1’Oronte. Fulch. Carn., I.I, c. XLIV; I.II, c. lii-lix [Hist. occ . des cr., III, pp. 423, 428, 433).

Chronology

1st earthquake from Book II Section LII Line 2

Date	Reference	Corrections	Notes
10 August 1114 CE	MCXIIII (1114 CE) - On the Feast of St Lawrence we were visited by an earthquake	none	The Feast of Saint Lawrence is held on 10 August in the Roman Catholic Church

Seismic Effects

• At the feast of Saint Lawrence, an earthquake affected us
• all the towns and settlements along the coast collapsed, thereby killing the inhabitants
• The towns of Maras and Trihalet collapsed in ruins

Locations

• all the towns and settlements along the coast
• Marash
• Trihalet¹

Footnotes

1 Ryan (1969:210 n.5) states that Trialeth cannot be identified, but Hagenmeyer suggests that it may have been Balis on the Euphrates, about 100 miles east of Antioch, the scene of an earthquake in A.H. 508 (June 7, 1114—May 26, 1115) recorded by Sibt Ibn-al-Jauzi (RHC, Or., III, 551-52; HF 580, note 12). Ambraseys (2009) suggests that Trialeth is Tell Khalid (Trialeth), a fortified site at the head of Sadjour Suyu, a tributary of the Euphrates River. Guidoboni and Comastri (2005) suggest that Trihaleth is present day Akçakoyunlu.

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