Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviation
- MANUSCRIPT SIGLA
- Preface
- Introduction
- Baldric of Bourgueil, Historia Ierosolimitana
- Prologue
- Book I
- Book II
- Book III
- Book IV
- Appendix 1 Letters between Baldric and Abbot Peter of Maillezais
- Appendix 2 The Breton and Norman Origins of Baldric's Lesser-Known Crusaders
- Bibliography
- Index of Quotations and Allusions
- Index
Appendix 1 - Letters between Baldric and Abbot Peter of Maillezais
from Baldric of Bourgueil, Historia Ierosolimitana
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviation
- MANUSCRIPT SIGLA
- Preface
- Introduction
- Baldric of Bourgueil, Historia Ierosolimitana
- Prologue
- Book I
- Book II
- Book III
- Book IV
- Appendix 1 Letters between Baldric and Abbot Peter of Maillezais
- Appendix 2 The Breton and Norman Origins of Baldric's Lesser-Known Crusaders
- Bibliography
- Index of Quotations and Allusions
- Index
Summary
The text of these letters is taken from manuscript T — Burgo de Osma (Soria). Catedral Archivo Capitular. MS 126. A limited reference is made to these letters in manuscript G. but T contains the only complete version of the letters.
Incipit epistola donum Baldrici Dolensis archiepiscopi ad Petrum Malleacensem Abbatem.
Amor michi silentium interdicit. et in uerbositatem inducit:
Amor aufert otium. et trahit in negotium:
Amor uetat ut sileam; cogit ut loquar et scribam.
Totum hoc agit amor: non nouus. sed inveteratus et continuus. quodam tamen modo renovatus. Quendam amicum singularem habui et unicum. qui me sibi totum peculiaverat. et in me sibi duntaxat ipse complacebat: Dominum Gaufredum dico. virum venerabilem. parentibus Ebredunensem. abbatem Malleacensem; hominum memorandum et describendum. nisi temporis ingruentis molestia suum michi peperisset obstaculum. Ego ei revera. in quatum poteram. diligendo respondebam. quoniam in eum amando nullatenus inferior esse volebam. Is tandem laudabili fine queuit, abbatem tamen sponte prius exuit. ut liberius theorie uacaret. atque ipsi Deo exoccupatior deserviret. Huic in eodem regimine. ipso tamen volente. successit Petrus. ejus consanguineus. pastor postmodum idoneus. vir satis industrius. et tantae sollicitudini multum opportunus. Hunc etenim monachi Malleacenses elegerunt. et sibi rapuerunt. et quantum dominum meum Gaufredum dilexerant. in eo ipso monstraverunt. quem pro patrui amore abbatem sibi prefecerunt. quamvis et multe utilitates ipsum abbatia dignum predicarent. Is sicuti avunculo suo successivus subintravit in honore. sic et heres ei perstitit. in morum decentissima liberalitate. Habemus itaque hunc Petrum. Deo gratias. bono Gaufredo superstitem. moribus et temporibus nostris satis concordem.
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- The Historia Ierosolimitana of Baldric of Bourgueil , pp. 121 - 124Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014