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Chronicle of Robert of Torigni

Background and Biography
Background and Biography

Excerpts
English from Howlett (1889)

On the day of the apostles Peter and Paul, there was a terrible earthquake in Outremer, in which the city of Tripolis, a part of Damascus, the most of Antioch collapsed. The Arabs were not spared for Halapre [Aleppo], which is the capital of the kingdom of Loradin, and some other states of the Saracens did not escape this plague.

Latin from Howlett (1889)

In die apostolorum Petri et Pauli, terras motus horribilis factus est in transmarinis partibus, quo corruit civitas Tripolis, pars Dauiasci, Antiochiae3 plurimum. Agareni etiam non fuerunt expertes hujus tribulationis: nam Halapre, quae caput est regni Loradin, et quaedam aliae civitates Sarracenorum, non evaserunt hanc pestem.
Footnotes

3 Antiochiae, Co. ; Anthiochiae, M. and Bo.

Latin from Howlett (1889) - embedded



Chronology
Date Reference Corrections Notes
29 June On the day of the apostles Peter and Paul none
Seismic Effects
  • there was a terrible earthquake in Outremer
  • the city of Tripolis, a part of Damascus, the most of Antioch collapsed
  • Halapre [Aleppo] ... and some other states of the Saracens did not escape this plague
Locations
  • Outremer (Crusader States)
  • Tripolis
  • Damascus
  • Antioch
  • Halapre [Aleppo]
  • some other states of the Saracens
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