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16. So much then for the brothers. Let us return to the emperor. For some time he treated Zoe with marked consideration, but that...

There was something else that he feared, too — something that further prevented him from visiting the empress. The brain-storms no longer attacked him,...

This he did, partly by the despatch of envoys, partly by bribery, partly by annual displays of military strength. Thanks to these precautions neither...

Beautiful spot near EphesusThence they sailed for Syracuse, a city in the same country. Sailing from Syracuse, they crossed the Adriatic and reached the...

There before the cross they laid him. Then they began earnestly to implore God, the Maker of all things, to bring them consolation and...

Insights into Professions and Stories Exploring Artistic Narratives on Tombstones Nautical and Military Tributes Discovering the profession of the deceased is often possible through elements on tombstones....

If Miletus is meant, the pilgrims must have landed there before reaching Patara. The only place between Patara and Chelidonia is a town,...

At that time there were seven companions with Willibald and he made the eighth. Almost at once they were arrested by the pagan Saracens,...

This Spaniard had a brother at the king’s court, who was the chamberlain of the King of the Saracens. And when the governor who...

Then they made for the town called Tiberias. It stands at the edge of the sea on which our Lord walked dry¬shod and where...