Michael IV part 16
31. It was now evident that the whole of the emperor’s body was swollen, and nobody could fail to notice the hydropsy from which...
Michael IV part 5
11. Not one of the emperors in my time — and I say this with experience of many in my life, for most of...
Michael IV part 6
If he did no harm to a soul, yet in his dealings with the people he assumed a fierce expression which terrified one and...
Decoding Tombstone Symbols
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....
Antiochus Strategos part 11
Beautiful spot near Ephesus
Thence they sailed for Syracuse, a city in the same country. Sailing from Syracuse, they crossed the Adriatic and reached the...
Antiochus Strategos part 6
There before the cross they laid him. Then they began earnestly to implore God, the Maker of all things, to bring them consolation and...
Alexius Part 14
But Bryennius, in fear of his life resembled a maniac, and was by no means in need of rest, for how should a man...
Antiochus Strategos part 12
If Miletus is meant, the pilgrims must have landed there before reaching Patara. The only place between Patara and Chelidonia is a town,...
Antiochus Strategos part 13
At that time there were seven companions with Willibald and he made the eighth. Almost at once they were arrested by the pagan Saracens,...
Antiochus Strategos part 14
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...
