Pilgrimage (Itinerarium Egeriae) 1.1–9.7
Latin text: Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898) (Latin text: P. Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898), digitized by Open Greek and Latin (csel-dev, University of Leipzig), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 1
1.1CSEL 39:37
ostendebantur iuxta scripturas. Interea ambulantes peruenimus ad quendam locum, ubi se tamen montes illi, inter quos ibamus, aperiebant et faciebant uallem infinitam ingens, planissimam et ualde pulchram, et trans uallem apparebat mons sanctus Dei Syna. Hic autem locus, ubi se montes aperiebant, iunctus est cum eo loco, quo sunt memoriae concupiscentiae.
… were shown according to the Scriptures. Meanwhile, walking on, we came to a certain place where the mountains between which we were going opened out and made an endless valley, huge, very flat and very beautiful, and across the valley appeared Sinai, the holy mountain of God. This place, where the mountains opened out, is joined to the place where the Graves of Craving are.
Num 11:34 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Egeria's party comes in sight of Mount Sinai across a great valley.
- The beginning of the work is lost; the text begins mid-sentence. Syna = Sinai. The “Graves of Craving” (memoriae concupiscentiae) are Kibroth-hattaavah (Num 11:34).
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 1.1 (CSEL 39:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.2CSEL 39:37
In eo ergo loco cum uenitur, ut tamen commonuerunt deductores sancti illi, qui nobiscum erant, dicentes: consuetudo est, ut fiat hic oratio ab his qui ueniunt, quando de eo loco primitus uidetur mons Dei: sicut et nos fecimus. Habebat autem de eo loco ad montem Dei forsitan quattuor milia totum per ualle illa, quam dixi ingens.
So when one comes to that place, as the holy guides who were with us advised us, saying: “It is the custom that prayer is made here by those who come, when the mountain of God is first seen from this place” — so we too did. From that place to the mountain of God it was perhaps four miles in all, across that valley which I have called huge.
Notes and citation
Summary: At the first sight of the mountain the pilgrims pray.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): uenitnr → uenitur.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 1.2 (CSEL 39:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 2
2.1CSEL 39:37
Vallis autem ipsa ingens est ualde, iacens subter latus montis Dei, quae habet forsitan, quantum potuimus uidentes aestimare aut ipsi dicebant, in longo milia passos forsitan sedecim, in lato autem quattuor milia esse appellabant. Ipsam ergo uallem nos trauersare habebamus, ut possimus montem ingredi.
The valley itself is very huge, lying below the side of the mountain of God; it is perhaps, as far as we could judge by looking or as they themselves said, sixteen miles long, and they said it was four miles wide. So we had to cross this valley to be able to come to the mountain.
Notes and citation
Summary: The valley before Sinai is sixteen miles long.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 2.1 (CSEL 39:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.2CSEL 39:37–38
Haec est autem uallis ingens et planissima, in qua filii Israhel commorati sunt his diebus, quod sanctus Moyses ascendit in montem Domini, et fuit ibi quadraginta diebus et quadraginta noctibus. Haec est autem uallis, in qua factus uitulus, qui locus usque in hodie ostenditur; nam lapis grandis ibi fixus stat in ipso loco. Haec ergo uallis ipsa est, in cuius capite ille locus est, ubi sanctus Moyses cum pasceret pecora soceri sui, iterum locutus est ei Deus de rubo in igne.
This is the huge and very flat valley in which the children of Israel stayed during the days when holy Moses went up the mountain of the Lord and was there forty days and forty nights. This is the valley in which the calf was made, and the place is shown to this day; for a great stone stands fixed there in that very place. This valley, then, is the one at whose head is the place where, when holy Moses was pasturing the flocks of his father-in-law, God spoke to him again from the bush in fire.
Exod 24:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 32:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 3:1–2 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: This is the valley of Israel's camp, the golden calf and the burning bush.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): iit cuius → in cuius.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 2.2 (CSEL 39:37–38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.3CSEL 39:38
Et quoniam nobis ita erat iter, ut prius montem Dei ascenderemus, qui hinc paret, < quia> unde ueniebamus, melior ascensus erat, et illinc denuo ad illud caput uallis descenderemus, id est ubi rubus erat, quia melior descensus montis Dei erat inde: itaque ergo hoc placuit, ut uisis omnibus quae desiderabamus, descendentes a monte Dei, ubi est rubus, ueniremus, et inde totum per mediam uallem ipsam, qua iacet in longo, rediremus ad iter cum hominibus Dei, qui nobis singula loca, quae scripta sunt, per ipsam uallem ostendebant, sicut et factum est.
And since our route was such that we would first climb the mountain of God, which shows itself from here, <because> from the side we were coming from the ascent was better, and from there go down again to that head of the valley, that is, where the bush was, because the descent of the mountain of God was better from there — so this was decided: that having seen all we desired, coming down from the mountain of God where the bush is, we would come and from there go back through the middle of the valley itself, along its length, to the road, with the men of God who showed us in the valley each of the places that are written of, as was in fact done.
Notes and citation
Summary: The party plans to climb Sinai first and then descend to the bush.
- The angle brackets around quia are the editor's supplement.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 2.3 (CSEL 39:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.4CSEL 39:38
Nobis ergo euntibus ab eo loco, ubi uenientes a Faran feceramus orationem, iter sic fuit, ut per medium transuersaremus caput ipsius uallis, et sic plecaremus nos ad montem Dei.
So as we went from the place where, coming from Pharan, we had made our prayer, the route was that we should cross through the middle of the head of that valley and so turn towards the mountain of God.
Notes and citation
Summary: They cross the head of the valley towards the mountain.
- Faran = Pharan, the oasis town of the southern Sinai (Wadi Feiran).
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 2.4 (CSEL 39:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.5CSEL 39:38
Mons autem ipse per giro quidem unus esse uidetur; intus autem quod ingrederis, plures sunt, sed totum mons Dei appellatur; specialis autem ille, in cuius summitate est hic locus, ubi descendit maiestas Dei, sicut scriptum est.
The mountain itself, seen from round about, seems to be one; but when you go in, there are several, though the whole is called the mountain of God; but the particular one, on whose summit is the place where the majesty of God came down, as it is written,
Exod 19:20 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The mountain of God is a cluster of peaks.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 2.5 (CSEL 39:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.6CSEL 39:38
in medio illorum omnium est. Et cum hi omnes, qui per girum sunt, tam excelsi sint, quam nunquam me puto uidisse, tamen ipse ille medianus, in quo descendit maiestas Dei, tanto altior est omnibus illis, ut cum subissemus in illo, prorsus toti illi montes, quos excelsos uideramus, ita infra nos essent, ac si colliculi permodici essent.
is in the middle of them all. And though all those which are round about are so high that I think I have never seen higher, yet that middle one, on which the majesty of God came down, is so much higher than all those that, when we had climbed it, all those mountains which we had seen as high were so far below us as if they were very small hills.
Notes and citation
Summary: The central peak far overtops the others.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 2.6 (CSEL 39:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/2-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.7CSEL 39:38–39
Illud sane satis admirabile est et sine Dei gratia puto illud non esse, ut cum omnibus altior sit ille medianus, qui specialis Syna dicitur, id est in quo descendit maiestas Domini, tamen uideri non possit, nisi ad propriam radicem illius ueneris, ante tamen quam eum subeas; nam posteaquam completo desiderio descenderis inde, et de contra illum uides, quod, antequam subeas, facere non potes. Hoc autem, antequam perueniremus ad montem Dei, iam referentibus fratribus cognoueram, et postquam ibi perueni, ita esse manifeste cognoui.
This is truly very wonderful, and I think it is not without the grace of God, that though that middle one, which is called Sinai in particular, that is, the one on which the majesty of the Lord came down, is higher than all, yet it cannot be seen unless you come to its very foot, before you climb it; for after you have fulfilled your desire and come down from there, you also see it from opposite, which you cannot do before you climb it. I had already learned this from the brothers' accounts before we came to the mountain of God, and after I arrived there I clearly found it to be so.
Notes and citation
Summary: The highest peak can be seen only from its foot or after descending.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): Domini. tamen → Domini, tamen.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 2.7 (CSEL 39:38–39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/2-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 3
3.1CSEL 39:39
Nos ergo sabbato sera ingressi sumus montem, et peruenientes ad monasteria quaedam susceperunt nos ibi satis humane monachi, qui ibi commorabantur, praebentes nobis omnem humanitatem; nam et ecclesia ibi est cum presbytero. Ibi ergo mansimus in ea nocte et inde maturius die dominica cum ipso presbytero et monachis, qui ibi commorabantur, coepimus ascendere montes singulos. Qui montes cum infinito labore ascenduntur, quoniam non eos subis lente et lente per girum, ut dicimus in cocleas, sed totum ad directum subis ac si per parietem et ad directum descendi necesse est singulos ipsos montes, donec peruenias ad radicem propriam illius mediani, qui est specialis Syna.
So on the sabbath evening we entered the mountain, and coming to certain monasteries the monks who lived there received us very kindly, showing us every kindness; for there is a church there too with a presbyter. So we stayed there that night, and from there, very early on the Lord's day, with the presbyter himself and the monks who lived there, we began to climb the mountains one by one. These mountains are climbed with endless labour, since you do not go up them slowly and slowly round about, in what we call snail-shell fashion, but you go up the whole way straight up, as if up a wall, and you must go straight down each of those mountains until you reach the very foot of that middle one, which is Sinai in particular.
Notes and citation
Summary: Received by monks, the party climbs the steep mountains on Sunday.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 3.1 (CSEL 39:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.2CSEL 39:39
Hac sic ergo iubente Christo Deo nostro adiuta orationibus sanctorum, qui comitabantur, et sic cum grandi labore, quia pedibus me ascendere necesse erat, (quia prorsus nec in sella ascendi poterat, tamen ipse labor non sentiebatur, ex ea parte autem non sentiebatur labor, quia desiderium, quod habebam, iubente Deo, uidebam compleri): hora ergo quarta peruenimus in summitatem illam montis Dei sancti Syna, ubi data est lex, in eo id est loco, ubi descendit maiestas Domini in ea die, qua mons fumigabat.
So in this way, at the bidding of Christ our God, helped by the prayers of the holy men who accompanied us, and so with great labour, because I had to climb on foot (for it could not be climbed at all in the saddle; yet the labour itself was not felt, and on that account the labour was not felt, because I saw the desire I had being fulfilled, at God's bidding): so at the fourth hour we reached that summit of Sinai, the holy mountain of God, where the law was given, that is, in the place where the majesty of the Lord came down on the day when the mountain smoked.
Exod 19:18 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Egeria reaches the summit of Sinai at the fourth hour.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 3.2 (CSEL 39:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.3CSEL 39:39
In eo ergo loco est nunc ecclesia non grandis, quoniam et ipse locus, id est summitas montis, non satis grandis est; quae tamen ecclesia habet de se gratiam grandem.
In that place there is now a church, not large, since the place itself, that is, the summit of the mountain, is not very large; yet the church has great grace of its own.
Notes and citation
Summary: A small church stands on the summit.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 3.3 (CSEL 39:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.4CSEL 39:39–40
Cum ergo, iubente Deo, persubissemus in ipsa summitate, et peruenissemus ad hostium ipsius ecclesiae, ecce et occurrit presbyter ueniens de monasterio suo, qui ipsi ecclesiae deputabatur, senex integer et monachus a prima uita, et ut hic dicunt ascitis, et quid plura? qualis dignus est esse in eo loco. Occurrerunt etiam et alii presbyteri, nec non etiam et omnes monachi, qui ibi commorabantur iuxta montem illum, id est qui tamen aut inbecillitate aut aetate non fuerunt impediti.
So when, at God's bidding, we had climbed right up to the summit and come to the door of the church, behold, the presbyter who was assigned to that church came to meet us, coming from his monastery, a hale old man, a monk from his early life, and, as they say here, an ascetic, and what more? such as is worthy to be in that place. Other presbyters too came to meet us, and also all the monks who lived there near that mountain, that is, those who were not hindered by weakness or age.
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Summary: The presbyter of the summit church and the monks meet them.
- ascitis: Greek ἀσκητής, “ascetic”.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 3.4 (CSEL 39:39–40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/3-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.5CSEL 39:40
Verum autem in ipsa summitate montis illius mediani nullus commanet; nichil enim est ibi aliud nisi sola ecclesia et spelunca, ubi fuit sanctus Moyses.
But on the very summit of that middle mountain no one lives; for there is nothing else there but the church alone and the cave where holy Moses was.
Exod 33:22 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Only the church and Moses's cave are on the summit.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 3.5 (CSEL 39:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/3-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.6CSEL 39:40
Lecto ergo ipso loco omni de libro Moysi et facta oblatione ordine suo hac sic communicantibus nobis, iam ut exiremus de ecclesia, dederunt nobis presbyteri loci ipsius eulogias, id est de pomis, quae in ipso monte nascuntur. Nam cum ipse mons sanctus Syna totus petrinus sit, ita ut nec fruticem habeat, tamen deorsum prope radicem montium ipsorum, id est seu circa illius, qui medianus est, seu circa illorum, qui per giro sunt, modica terrola est; statim sancti monachi pro diligentia sua arbusculas ponunt et pomariola instituunt uel orationes et iuxta sibi monasteria, quasi ex ipsius montis terra aliquos fructus capiant, quos tamen manibus suis elaborasse uideantur.
So when the whole passage had been read in that place from the book of Moses and the offering had been made in its order, and we had thus communicated, as we were now going out of the church the presbyters of the place gave us blessings, that is, some of the fruits that grow on that mountain. For though the holy mountain Sinai is all rock, so that it has not even a shrub, yet down near the foot of those mountains, that is, either around the one in the middle or around those round about, there is a little bit of soil; at once the holy monks, in their diligence, plant little trees and lay out little orchards, or places of prayer and monasteries next to them, as if they took some fruits from the very soil of the mountain, which yet they appear to have worked with their own hands.
Notes and citation
Summary: After reading and the Eucharist, the monks give the pilgrims fruit from their gardens.
- The “offering” (oblatio) is the Eucharist; eulogiae, “blessings”, are gifts of food.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 3.6 (CSEL 39:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/3-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.7CSEL 39:40
Hac sic ergo, posteaquam communicaueramus et dederant nobis eulogias sancti illi et egressi sumus foras hostium ecclesiae, tunc coepi eos rogare, ut ostenderent nobis singula loca. Tunc statim illi sancti dignati sunt singula ostendere. Nam ostenderunt nobis speluncam illam, ubi fuit sanctus Moyses, cum iterato ascendisset in montem Dei, ut acciperet denuo tabulas, posteaquam priores illas fregerat peccante populo, et cetera loca, quaecumque desiderabamus, uel quae ipsi melius nouerant, dignati sunt ostendere nobis.
So in this way, after we had communicated and those holy men had given us blessings and we had gone out of the door of the church, I began to ask them to show us each of the places. Then at once those holy men were kind enough to show each one. For they showed us that cave where holy Moses was when he had gone up the mountain of God a second time to receive the tablets again, after he had broken the first ones when the people sinned, and the other places, whatever we desired or which they themselves knew better, they were kind enough to show us.
Exod 34:1–4 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 32:19 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The monks show the cave where Moses received the second tablets.
Topics: Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 3.7 (CSEL 39:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/3-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.8CSEL 39:40–41
Illud autem uos uolo scire, dominae uenerabiles sorores, quia de eo loco, ubi stabamus, id est in giro parietes ecclesiae, id est de summitate montis ipsius mediani, ita infra nos uidebantur esse illi montes, quos primitus uix ascenderamus, iuxta istum medianum, in quo stabamus, ac si essent illi colliculi, cum tamen ita infiniti essent, ut non me putarem aliquando altiores uidisse, nisi quod hic medianus eos nimium praecedebat. Egyptum autem et Palestinam et mare rubrum et mare illud Parthenicum, quod mittit Alexandriam, nec non et fines Saracenorum infinitos ita subter nos inde uidebamus, ut credi uix possit; quae tamen singula nobis illi sancti demonstrabant.
But I want you to know this, ladies, venerable sisters: from the place where we were standing, that is, around the walls of the church, that is, from the summit of that middle mountain, those mountains which we had at first scarcely climbed seemed so far below us, beside this middle one on which we stood, as if they were little hills, though they were so endless that I did not think I had ever seen higher, except that this middle one far surpassed them. Egypt and Palestine and the Red Sea and that Parthenian Sea which reaches to Alexandria, and also the endless territories of the Saracens, we saw so far below us from there that it can scarcely be believed; and those holy men pointed out each of them to us.
Notes and citation
Summary: From the summit Egeria sees Egypt, Palestine and the seas.
- Egeria addresses her readers as dominae uenerabiles sorores, “ladies, venerable sisters”. The Parthenian Sea: the eastern Mediterranean.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 3.8 (CSEL 39:40–41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/3-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 4
4.1CSEL 39:41
Completo ergo omni desiderio, quo festinaueramus ascendere, coepimus iam et descendere ab ipsa summitate montis Dei, in qua ascenderamus, in alio monte, qui ei periunctus est, qui locus appellatur in Choreb; ibi enim est ecclesia.
So when every desire for which we had hastened to climb had been fulfilled, we began now to go down from the very summit of the mountain of God, which we had climbed, to another mountain which adjoins it, a place called Horeb; for there is a church there.
Notes and citation
Summary: They descend to Horeb.
- Choreb = Horeb.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 4.1 (CSEL 39:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.2CSEL 39:41
Nam hic est locus Choreb, ubi fuit sanctus Helias propheta, qua fugit a facie Achab regis, ubi ei locutus est Deus dicens: quid tu hic Helias? sicut scriptum est in libris regnorum. Nam et spelunca, ubi latuit sanctus Helias, in hodie ibi ostenditur ante hostium ecclesiae, quae ibi est; ostenditur etiam ibi altarium lapideum, quem posuit ipse sanctus Helias ad offerendum Deo, sicut et illi sancti singula nobis ostendere dignabantur.
For this is the place Horeb, where holy Elijah the prophet was when he fled from the face of King Ahab, where God spoke to him, saying: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” as it is written in the books of Kingdoms. For the cave too where holy Elijah hid is shown there to this day before the door of the church which is there; and there is shown too the stone altar which holy Elijah himself set up to make offering to God, as those holy men were kind enough to show us each thing.
1 Kgs 19:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: At Horeb they see Elijah's cave and altar.
- 1 Kgs 19:9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): tu hie → tu hic.
Topics: Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 4.2 (CSEL 39:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.3CSEL 39:41
Fecimus ergo et ibi oblationem et orationem impensissimam, et lectus est ipse locus de libro regnorum: id enim nobis uel maxime desideraueram semper, ut ubicumque uenissemus, semper ipse locus de libro regnorum.
So there too we made the offering and a most earnest prayer, and the passage itself was read from the book of Kingdoms: for this above all I had always desired, that wherever we came, the passage itself should always [be read] from the book of Kingdoms.
Notes and citation
Summary: They read the Elijah passage and celebrate the Eucharist at Horeb.
- The text seems damaged: the verb (“be read”) is missing, and “from the book of Kingdoms” may have been repeated from the previous clause (the sense is “from the book”). The digital text has a stray “f ea”.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters): maxime f ea → maxime.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 4.3 (CSEL 39:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/4-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.4CSEL 39:41–42
Facta ergo et ibi oblatione accessimus denuo ad alium locum non longe inde ostendentibus presbyteris uel monachis, id est ad eum locum, ubi steterat sanctus Aaron cum septuaginta senioribus, cum sanctus Moyses acciperet a Domino legem ad filios Israhel. In eo ergo loco, licet et tectum non sit, tamen petra ingens est per girum habens planitiem supra se, in qua stetisse dicuntur ipsi sancti; nam et in medio ibi quasi altarium de lapidibus factum habet. Lectus est ergo et ibi ipse locus de libro Moysi et dictus unus psalmus aptus loco; ac sic facta oratione descendimus inde.
So when the offering had been made there too, we went on again to another place not far from there, the presbyters and monks showing it, that is, to the place where holy Aaron had stood with the seventy elders when holy Moses was receiving the law from the Lord for the children of Israel. In that place, though there is no roof, there is a huge rock, round, with a flat surface on top, on which those holy men are said to have stood; and in the middle there it has something like an altar made of stones. So there too the passage itself was read from the book of Moses and one psalm suited to the place was said; and so, having prayed, we came down from there.
Exod 24:9–14 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They visit the rock where Aaron and the seventy elders stood.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 4.4 (CSEL 39:41–42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/4-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.5CSEL 39:42
Ecce et coepit iam esse hora forsitan octaua, et adhuc nobis superabant milia tria, ut perexiremus montes ipsos, quos ingressi fueramus pridie sera; sed non ipsa parte exire habebamus, qua intraueramus, sicut superius dixi, quia necesse nos erat et loca omnia sancta ambulare et monasteria, quaecumque erant ibi, uidere et sic ad uallis illius, quam superius dixi, caput exire, id est huius uallis, quae subiacet monti Dei.
And behold, it began to be perhaps the eighth hour, and we still had three miles left to get out of those mountains which we had entered the evening before; but we were not to go out on the same side by which we had come in, as I said above, because we had to walk to all the holy places and see whatever monasteries were there, and so come out at the head of that valley I spoke of above, that is, of this valley which lies below the mountain of God.
Notes and citation
Summary: In the afternoon they set out for the head of the valley.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 4.5 (CSEL 39:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/4-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.6CSEL 39:42
Propterea autem ad caput ipsius uallis exire nos necesse erat, quoniam ibi erant monasteria plurima sanctorum hominum et ecclesia in eo loco, ubi est rubus; qui rubus usque in hodie uiuet et mittet uirgultas.
We had to come out at the head of that valley because there were very many monasteries of holy men there, and a church in the place where the bush is; and that bush is alive to this day and puts out shoots.
Notes and citation
Summary: The burning bush still lives and puts out shoots.
Topics: Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 4.6 (CSEL 39:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/4-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.7CSEL 39:42
Ac sic ergo perdescenso monte Dei peruenimus ad rubum hora forsitan decima. Hic est autem rubus, quem superius dixi, de quo locutus est Dominus Moysi in igne, qui est in eo loco, ubi monasteria sunt plurima et ecclesia in capite uallis ipsius. Ante ipsam autem ecclesiam hortus est gratissimus, habens aquam optimam abundantem, in quo horto ipse rubus est.
And so, having come all the way down the mountain of God, we reached the bush at perhaps the tenth hour. This is the bush I spoke of above, from which the Lord spoke to Moses in fire; it is in the place where there are very many monasteries and a church at the head of that valley. In front of the church there is a most pleasant garden, with excellent and abundant water, and in this garden the bush itself is.
Exod 3:2–4 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The bush stands in a garden before a church.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 4.7 (CSEL 39:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/4-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.8CSEL 39:42–43
Locus etiam ostenditur ibi iuxta, ubi stetit sanctus Moyses, quando ei dixit Deus: solue corrigiam calciamenti tui et cetera. Et in eo ergo loco cum peruenissemus, hora decima erat iam et ideo, quia iam sera erat, oblationem facere non potuimus. Sed facta est oratio in ecclesia nec non etiam et in horto ad rubum; lectus est etiam locus ipse de libro Moysi iuxta consuetudinem; et sic, quia sera erat, gustauimus nobis loco in horto ante rubum cum sanctis ipsis; ac sic ergo fecimus ibi mansionem. Et alia die maturius uigilantes rogauimus presbyteros, ut et ibi fieret oblatio, sicut et facta est.
There is also shown nearby the place where holy Moses stood when God said to him: “Loose the strap of your sandal,” and so on. And when we came to that place, it was already the tenth hour, and therefore, because it was already evening, we could not make the offering. But prayer was made in the church and also in the garden at the bush; the passage itself too was read from the book of Moses according to custom; and so, because it was evening, we ate in the garden before the bush with those holy men; and so we made our stay there. And the next day, rising very early, we asked the presbyters that the offering be made there too, as was done.
Exod 3:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At the bush they pray, read Exodus, stay the night and celebrate the Eucharist next morning.
- Exod 3:5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): facta est.- → facta est..
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 4.8 (CSEL 39:42–43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/4-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 5
5.1CSEL 39:43
Et quoniam nobis iter sic erat, ut per ualle illa media, qua tenditur per longum, iremus, id est illa ualle, quam superius dixi, ubi sederant filii Israhel, dum Moyses ascenderet in montem Dei, et descenderet: itaque ergo singula, quemadmodum uenimus per ipsam totam uallem, semper nobis sancti illi loca demonstrabant.
And since our route was to go through the middle of that valley, along its length, that is, the valley I spoke of above, where the children of Israel had sat while Moses went up the mountain of God and came down, so the holy men always showed us each place as we came through the whole valley.
Notes and citation
Summary: They go down the valley as the monks point out the sites.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.1 (CSEL 39:43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.2CSEL 39:43
Nam in primo capite ipsius uallis, ubi manseramus et uideramus rubum illum, de quo locutus est Deus sancto Moysi in igne, uideramus etiam et illum locum, in quo steterat ante rubum sanctus Moyses, quando ei dixit Deus: solue corrigiam calciamenti tui, locus enim, in quo stas, terra sancta est.
For at the first head of the valley, where we had stayed and had seen that bush from which God spoke to holy Moses in fire, we had also seen the place where holy Moses had stood before the bush when God said to him: “Loose the strap of your sandal, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”
Exod 3:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They had seen where Moses stood before the bush.
- Exod 3:5.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.2 (CSEL 39:43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.3CSEL 39:43
Ac sic ergo cetera loca, quemadmodum profecti sumus de rubo, semper nobis coeperunt ostendere. Nam et monstrauerunt locum, ubi fuerunt castra filiorum Israhel his diebus, quibus Moyses fuit in montem. Monstrauerunt etiam locum, ubi factus est uitulus ille; nam in eo loco fixus est usque in hodie lapis grandis.
And so, as we set out from the bush, they began to show us the other places all the time. For they showed the place where the camp of the children of Israel was in the days when Moses was on the mountain. They also showed the place where that calf was made; for in that place a great stone is fixed to this day.
Exod 32:4 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see the site of Israel's camp and of the calf.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.3 (CSEL 39:43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.4CSEL 39:43
Nos etiam, quemadmodum ibamus, de contra uidebamus summitatem montis, quae inspiciebat super ipsa ualle tota, de quo loco sanctus Moyses uidit filios Israhel habentes choros his diebus, qua fecerant uitulum. Ostenderunt etiam petram ingentem in ipso loco, ubi descendebat sanctus Moyses cum Iesu filio Naue, ad quam petram iratus fregit tabulas, quas afferebat.
As we went we also saw, opposite, the summit of the mountain that looked out over the whole valley, from which holy Moses saw the children of Israel dancing in those days when they had made the calf. They also showed a huge rock in the place where holy Moses came down with Joshua son of Nun, against which rock, in anger, he broke the tablets he was carrying.
Exod 32:17–19 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see where Moses saw the dancing and broke the tablets.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.4 (CSEL 39:43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.5CSEL 39:43–44
Ostenderunt etiam, quemadmodum per ipsam uallem unusquisque eorum abitationes habuerant, de quibus abitationibus usque in hodie adhuc fundamenta parent, quemadmodum fuerunt lapide girata; ostenderunt etiam locum, ubi filios Israhel iussit currere sanctus Moyses de porta in porta, regressus a monte.
They also showed how throughout the valley each of them had had dwellings, of which the foundations still appear to this day, how they were encircled with stone; they also showed the place where holy Moses, returning from the mountain, commanded the children of Israel to run from gate to gate.
Exod 32:27 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see the foundations of Israel's dwellings.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Moysos → Moyses.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.5 (CSEL 39:43–44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.6CSEL 39:44
Item ostenderunt nobis locum, ubi incensus est uitulus ipse iubente sancto Moyse, quem fecerat eis Aaron. Item ostenderunt torrentem illum, de quo potauit sanctus Moyses filios Israhel, sicut scriptum est in Exodo.
Likewise they showed us the place where the calf which Aaron had made for them was burned at holy Moses's command. Likewise they showed that stream from which holy Moses gave the children of Israel to drink, as it is written in Exodus.
Exod 32:20 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see where the calf was burned and the stream.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.6 (CSEL 39:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.7CSEL 39:44
Ostenderunt etiam nobis locum, ubi de spiritu Moysi acceperunt septuaginta uiri. Item ostenderunt locum, ubi filii Israhel habuerunt concupiscentiam escarum. Nam ostenderunt nobis etiam et illum locum, qui appellatus est incendium, quia incensa est quaedam pars castrorum, tunc qua orante sancto Moyse cessauit ignis.
They also showed us the place where the seventy men received of the spirit of Moses. Likewise they showed the place where the children of Israel had a craving for food. For they showed us also that place which was called Burning, because a certain part of the camp was burned, when at holy Moses's prayer the fire ceased.
Num 11:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 11:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 11:1–3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see sites of the seventy elders, the craving and Taberah.
- Num 11:25; 11:4; 11:1–3 (Taberah, “Burning”).
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.7 (CSEL 39:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.8CSEL 39:44
Ostenderunt etiam et illum locum, ubi eis pluit manna et coturnices. Ac sic ergo singula, quaecumque scripta sunt in libris sanctis Moysi facta fuisse in eo loco, id est ea in ualle, quam dixi subiacere monti Dei, id est sancto Syna, ostensa sunt nobis; quae quidem omnia singulatim scribere satis fuit, quia nec retineri poterant tanta, sed cum leget affectio uestra libros sanctos Moysi, omnia diligentius peruidet, quae ibi facta sunt.
They also showed the place where manna and quails rained on them. And so each thing that is written in the holy books of Moses to have been done in that place, that is, in the valley which I said lies below the mountain of God, that is, holy Sinai, was shown to us; it was enough to write all these one by one, for so many could not be retained; but when your affection reads the holy books of Moses, it will see more carefully all that was done there.
Exod 16:13–14 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They are shown where the manna and quails fell.
- “It was enough to write”: Egeria seems to mean “it would be too much to write”; translated as printed.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.8 (CSEL 39:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.9CSEL 39:44
Haec est ergo uallis, ubi celebrata est pascha completo anno profectionis filiorum Israhel de terra Egypti, quoniam in ipsa ualle filii Israhel commorati sunt aliquandiu, id est donec sanctus Moyses ascenderet in montem Dei, et descenderet primum et iterato; et denuo tandiu ibi inmorati sunt, donec fieret tabernaculum, et singula, quae ostensa sunt in montem Dei. Nam ostensus est nobis et ille locus, in quo confixum a Moyse est primitus tabernaculum, et perfecta sunt singula, quae iusserat Deus in montem Moysi, ut fierent.
This, then, is the valley where the Passover was celebrated when a year had been completed since the departure of the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, since the children of Israel stayed in this valley for some time, that is, until holy Moses went up the mountain of God and came down, the first time and again; and they stayed there again until the tabernacle was made, and each of the things that were shown on the mountain of God. For we were also shown the place where the tabernacle was first set up by Moses, and each of the things completed which God had commanded Moses on the mountain to be made.
Num 9:1–5 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 40:17 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: In this valley Israel kept the Passover and set up the tabernacle.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.9 (CSEL 39:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.10CSEL 39:44–45
Vidimus etiam in extrema iam ualle ipsa memorias concupiscentiae, in eo tamen loco, in quo denuo reuersi sumus ad iter nostrum, hoc est ubi exeuntes de ualle illa grande reingressi sumus uia, qua ueneramus, inter montes illos, quos superius dixeram. Nam etiam ipsa die accessimus et ad ceteros monachos ualde sanctos, qui tamen pro aetate aut inbecillitate occurrere in monte Dei ad oblationem faciendam non poterant; qui tamen nos dignati sunt in monasteriis suis aduenientes ualde humane suscipere.
At the far end of the valley we also saw the Graves of Craving, in the place where we came back to our road, that is, where, coming out of that great valley, we re-entered the way by which we had come, between those mountains I spoke of above. On that same day we also went on to the other very holy monks who, because of age or weakness, could not come to meet us on the mountain of God for the making of the offering; yet they were kind enough to receive us very kindly when we came to their monasteries.
Num 11:34 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: They see the Graves of Craving and visit the aged monks.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.10 (CSEL 39:44–45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.11CSEL 39:45
Ac sic ergo uisa loca sancta omnia, quae desiderauimus, nec non etiam et omnia loca, quae filii Israhel tetigerant eundo uel redeundo ad montem Dei, uisis etiam et sanctis uiris, qui ibi commorabantur, in nomine Dei regressi sumus in Faran.
And so, having seen all the holy places we desired, and also all the places which the children of Israel touched in going to and returning from the mountain of God, and having seen also the holy men who lived there, in God's name we returned to Pharan.
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Summary: Having seen everything, they return to Pharan.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.11 (CSEL 39:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.12CSEL 39:45
Et licet semper Deo in omnibus gratias agere debeam, non dicam in his tantis et talibus quae circa me conferre dignatus est indignam et non merentem, ut perambularem omnia loca, quae mei meriti non erant, tamen etiam et illis omnibus sanctis nec sufficio gratias agere, qui meam paruitatem dignabantur in suis monasteriis libenti animo suscipere uel certe per omnia loca deducere, quae ego semper iuxta scripturas sanctas requirebam. Plurimi autem ex ipsis sanctis, qui in montem Dei uel circa ipsum montem commorabantur, dignati sunt nos usque in Faran deducere, qui tamen fortiori corpore erant:
And although I ought always to give thanks to God in all things, not to speak of these great things which he deigned to bestow on me, unworthy and undeserving, that I should walk through all the places which were beyond my merit, yet I cannot even thank enough all those holy men who were kind enough to receive my littleness willingly in their monasteries or indeed to guide me through all the places which I always sought according to the holy Scriptures. Very many of those holy men who lived on the mountain of God or around it, those who were of stronger body, were kind enough to guide us as far as Pharan:
Notes and citation
Summary: Egeria gives thanks to God and to the monks.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 5.12 (CSEL 39:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/5-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 6
6.1CSEL 39:45–46
Ac sic ergo cum peruenissemus Faran, quod sunt a monte Dei milia triginta et quinque, necesse nos fuit ibi ad resumendum biduo immorari. Ac tertia die inde maturantes uenimus denuo ad mansionem, id est in desertum Faran, ubi et euntes manseramus, sicut et superius dixi. Inde denuo alia die facientes aquam et euntes adhuc aliquantulum inter montes peruenimus ad mansionem, quae erat iam super mare, id est in eo loco, ubi iam de inter montes exitur et incipitur denuo totum iam iuxta mare ambulari, sic tamen iuxta mare, ut subito fluctus animalibus pedes caedat, subito etiam et in centum et in ducentos passus, aliquotiens etiam et plus quam quingentos passus de mari per heremum ambuletur; uia enim illic penitus non est, sed totum heremi sunt arenosae.
And so when we came to Pharan, which is thirty-five miles from the mountain of God, we had to stay there two days to rest. And on the third day, setting out early from there, we came again to the staging post, that is, in the desert of Pharan, where we had stayed on the way out too, as I said above. From there again the next day, taking on water and going a little further between the mountains, we came to the staging post which was already above the sea, that is, at the place where one comes out from between the mountains and begins again to walk the whole way beside the sea; yet beside the sea in such a way that at one moment the waves strike the animals' feet, and at another one walks through the desert a hundred or two hundred paces, sometimes even more than five hundred paces, from the sea; for there is no road there at all, but it is all sandy desert.
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Summary: From Pharan they travel along the sea through the sandy desert.
- mansio: a staging post on the road.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): plus. quam → plus quam.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 6.1 (CSEL 39:45–46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.2CSEL 39:46
Faranitae autem, qui ibi consueuerunt ambulare cum camelis suis, signa sibi locis et locis ponent, ad quae signa se tendent, et sic ambulant per diem. Nocte autem signa cameli attendunt. Et quid plura? diligentius et securius iam in eo loco ex consuetudine Faranitae ambulant nocte, quam aliqui hominum ambulare potest in his locis, ubi uia aperta est.
The Pharanites, who are used to travelling there with their camels, set up markers for themselves from place to place, and make for those markers, and so travel by day. By night the camels watch for the markers. And what more? From custom the Pharanites travel by night in that place more carefully and safely than any men can travel in places where the road is open.
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Summary: The Pharanites find their way by markers and their camels.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 6.2 (CSEL 39:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.3CSEL 39:46
In eo ergo loco de inter montes exiuimus redeuntes, in quo loco et euntes inter montes intraueramus, ac sic ergo denuo plicauimus nos ad mare. Filii etiam Israhel reuertentes a monte Dei Syna usque ad eum locum reuersi sunt per iter quod ierant, id est usque ad eum locum, ubi de inter montes exiuimus, et iunximus nos denuo ad mare rubrum, et inde nos iam iter nostrum, quo ueneramus, reuersi sumus, filii autem Israhel de eodem loco, sicut scriptum est in libris sancti Moysi, ambulauerunt iter suum.
So returning, we came out from between the mountains at the place where, going out, we had entered between the mountains, and so we turned again towards the sea. The children of Israel too, returning from Sinai, the mountain of God, went back by the way they had come as far as that place, that is, as far as the place where we came out from between the mountains and joined the Red Sea again; and from there we went back by our own route, by which we had come, while the children of Israel walked their way from that same place, as it is written in the books of holy Moses.
Num 33:10–15 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: They rejoin the Red Sea where Israel too had turned.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 6.3 (CSEL 39:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.4CSEL 39:46
Nos autem eodem itinere et eisdem mansionibus, quibus ieramus, reuersi sumus in Clesma. In Clesma autem cum uenissemus < denuo, > necesse nos fuit et ibi denuo resumere, quoniam iter heremi arenosum ualde feceramus.
And we returned by the same route and the same staging posts by which we had gone to Clysma. When we came to Clysma <again>, we had to rest there again, because we had made a very sandy desert journey.
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Summary: They return to Clysma and rest.
- Clesma = Clysma, near modern Suez. The angle brackets around denuo are the editor's supplement.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 6.4 (CSEL 39:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 7
7.1CSEL 39:46–47
Sane licet terram Gesse iam nossem, id est qua primitus ad Egyptum fueram, tamen ut peruiderem omnia loca, quae filii Israhel exeuntes de Ramesse tetigerant euntes, donec peruenirent usque ad mare rubrum, qui locus nunc de castro, quod ibi est, appellatur Clesma: desiderii ergo fuit, ut de Clesma ad terram Gesse exiremus, id est ad ciuitatem, quae appellatur Arabia, quae ciuitas in terra Gesse est; nam inde ipsum territorium sic appellatur, id est terra Arabiae, terra Iesse, quae tamen terra Egypti pars est, sed melior satis quam omnis Egyptus est.
Now although I already knew the land of Goshen, that is, from when I was first in Egypt, yet so that I might see all the places which the children of Israel touched on their way out of Rameses until they reached the Red Sea — the place which is now called Clysma from the fort that is there — it was my desire that we should go out from Clysma to the land of Goshen, that is, to the city called Arabia, which city is in the land of Goshen; for the territory itself is so called from it, that is, the land of Arabia, the land of Goshen, which is a part of the land of Egypt, but much better than all Egypt.
Gen 45:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · Exod 12:37 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Egeria goes from Clysma to the land of Goshen to trace the Exodus route.
- Gesse / Iesse / Gessen = Goshen. Arabia: a city of Lower Egypt.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 7.1 (CSEL 39:46–47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.2CSEL 39:47
Sunt ergo a Clesma, id est a mare rubro, usque ad Arabiam ciuitatem mansiones quattuor per heremo, sic tamen per heremum, ut cata mansiones monasteria sint cum militibus et praepositis, qui nos deducebant semper de castro ad castrum. In eo ergo itinere sancti qui nobiscum erant, hoc est clerici uel monachi, ostendebant nobis singula loca, quae semper ego iuxta scripturas requirebam; nam alia in sinistro, alia in dextro de itinere nobis erant, alia etiam longius de uia, alia in proximo.
So from Clysma, that is, from the Red Sea, to the city of Arabia there are four staging posts through the desert; yet through the desert in such a way that at each staging post there are monasteries with soldiers and officers, who always escorted us from fort to fort. On that journey the holy men who were with us, that is, clergy and monks, showed us each of the places which I always sought according to the Scriptures; for some were on the left of the road, some on the right, some further from the way, some close by.
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Summary: Soldiers escort them through the desert while clergy point out the sites.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 7.2 (CSEL 39:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.3CSEL 39:47
Nam michi credat uolo affectio uestra, quantum tamen peruidere potui, filios Israhel sic ambulasse, ut quantum irent dextra, tantum reuerterentur sinistra, quantum denuo inante ibant, tantum denuo retro reuertebantur, et sic fecerunt ipsum iter, donec peruenirent ad mare rubrum.
For I want your affection to believe me, as far as I could see, that the children of Israel walked in such a way that as far as they went to the right, so far they came back to the left; as far as they went forward again, so far they came back again, and so they made that journey until they reached the Red Sea.
Notes and citation
Summary: Israel's route wandered back and forth.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 7.3 (CSEL 39:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.4CSEL 39:47
Nam et Epauleum ostensum est nobis, de contra tamen, et Magdalum fuimus. Nam castrum est ibi nunc habens praepositum cum milite, qui ibi nunc praesidet pro disciplina romana. Nam et nos iuxta consuetudinem deduxerunt inde usque ad aliud castrum, et locus Belsefon ostensus est nobis, immo in eo loco fuimus. Nam ipse est campus supra mare rubrum, iuxta latus montis, quem superius dixi, ubi filii Israhel, cum uidissent Egyptios post se uenientes, exclamauerunt.
For Epauleum too was shown to us, though from opposite, and we were at Migdol. For there is now a fort there, with an officer and soldiers, who command there now for the Roman order. And they escorted us from there, according to custom, to another fort, and the place Baal-zephon was shown to us; indeed we were in that place. For it is a plain above the Red Sea, beside the side of the mountain I spoke of above, where the children of Israel cried out when they saw the Egyptians coming after them.
Exod 14:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 14:10 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: They see Epauleum, Migdol and Baal-zephon.
- Epauleum: the Greek Old Testament's name for Pi-hahiroth; Magdalum = Migdol; Belsefon = Baal-zephon (Exod 14:2).
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 7.4 (CSEL 39:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/7-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.5CSEL 39:47
Oton etiam ostensum est nobis, quod est iuxta deserta loca, sicut scriptum est, nec non etiam et Socchoth. Socchoth autem est cliuus modicus in media ualle, iuxta quem colliculum fixerunt castra filii Israhel; nam hic est locus, ubi accepta est lex paschae.
Etham too was shown to us, which is beside the desert places, as it is written, and also Succoth. Succoth is a modest rise in the middle of a valley, beside which little hill the children of Israel pitched camp; for this is the place where the law of the Passover was received.
Exod 13:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 12:37 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 12:43 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: They see Etham and Succoth.
- Oton = Etham (Greek Othom); Socchoth = Succoth.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): ualle. iuxta → ualle, iuxta.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 7.5 (CSEL 39:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/7-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.6CSEL 39:47–48
Pithona etiam ciuitas, quam aedificauerunt filii Israhel, ostensa est nobis in ipso itinere, in eo tamen loco ubi iam fines Egypti intrauimus, relinquentes iam terras Saracenorum; nam et ipsud nunc Phitona castrum est.
The city of Pithom too, which the children of Israel built, was shown to us on that very journey, at the place where we entered the borders of Egypt, leaving now the lands of the Saracens; and Pithom itself is now a fort.
Exod 1:11 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: They see Pithom, now a fort.
- Pithona / Phitona = Pithom (Exod 1:11).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; punctuation slip): aedificanerunt → aedificauerunt; intrauimus. relinquentes → intrauimus, relinquentes.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 7.6 (CSEL 39:47–48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/7-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.7CSEL 39:48
Heroum autem ciuitas, quae fuit illo tempore, id est ubi occurrit Ioseph patri suo Iacob uenienti, sicut scriptum est in libro Genesis, nunc est come, sed grandis, quod nos dicimus uicus. Nam ipse uicus ecclesiam habet et martyria et monasteria plurima sanctorum monachorum, ad quae singula uidenda necesse nos fuit ibi descendere iuxta consuetudinem, quam tenebamus.
The city of Heroes, which existed at that time, that is, where Joseph met his father Jacob as he came, as it is written in the book of Genesis, is now a kome, but a large one, what we call a village. For the village has a church and martyrs' shrines and very many monasteries of holy monks, and to see each of them we had to stop there, according to the custom we kept.
Gen 46:28–29 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Heroöpolis, where Joseph met Jacob, is now a large village.
- Heroum ciuitas = Heroöpolis, named in the Greek of Gen 46:28–29; come: Greek κώμη, “village”.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 7.7 (CSEL 39:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/7-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.8CSEL 39:48
Nam ipse uicus nunc appellatur Hero, quae tamen Hero a terra Iesse miliario iam sexto decimo est, nam in finibus Egypti est; locus autem ipse satis gratus est, nam et pars quaedam fluminis Nili ibi currit.
The village is now called Hero, and Hero is already at the sixteenth milestone from the land of Goshen, for it is within the borders of Egypt; the place itself is very pleasant, for a certain branch of the river Nile runs there too.
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Summary: Hero lies sixteen miles from Goshen beside a branch of the Nile.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 7.8 (CSEL 39:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/7-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.9CSEL 39:48
Ac sic ergo exeuntes de Hero peruenimus ad ciuitatem, quae appellatur Arabia, quae est ciuitas in terra Iesse. Unde scriptum est dixisse Pharaonem ad Ioseph: In meliori terra Egypti colloca patrem tuum et fratres in terra Iessen, in terra Arabiae.
And so, going out from Hero, we came to the city called Arabia, which is a city in the land of Goshen. Hence it is written that Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In the better land of Egypt settle your father and brothers, in the land of Goshen, in the land of Arabia.”
Gen 47:6 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: They reach the city of Arabia in Goshen.
- Gen 47:6 (the Greek adds “of Arabia”, cf. Gen 45:10).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip (l for I)): lessen → Iessen.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 7.9 (CSEL 39:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/7-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 8
8.1CSEL 39:48
De Arabia autem ciuitate quattuor milia passus sunt Ramessen. Nos autem, ut ueniremus ad mansionem Arabiae, per media Ramesse transiuimus, quae Ramessen ciuitas nunc campus est, ita ut nec unam habitationem habeat. Paret sane, quoniam et ingens fuit per girum et multas fabricas habuit; ruinae enim ipsius, quemadmodum collapsae sunt, in hodie infinitae parent.
From the city of Arabia it is four miles to Rameses. So that we might come to the staging post of Arabia, we passed through the middle of Rameses, which city of Rameses is now a field, so that it has not a single dwelling. It is clear that it was huge in circumference and had many buildings; for its ruins, as they have collapsed, appear endless to this day.
Exod 12:37 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Rameses is now an empty field of ruins.
- Ramesse / Ramessen = Rameses.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 8.1 (CSEL 39:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.2CSEL 39:48
Nunc autem ibi nichil aliud est, nisi tantum unus lapis ingens thebeus, in quo sunt duae statuae excisae, ingentes, quas dicunt esse sanctorum hominum, id est Moysi et Aaron; nam dicent, eo quod filii Israhel in honore ipsorum eas posuerint.
Now there is nothing else there but only one huge Theban stone, on which two huge statues are carved, which they say are of holy men, that is, of Moses and Aaron; for they say that the children of Israel set them up in their honour.
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Summary: Two carved statues are said to be Moses and Aaron.
- Theban stone: granite.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 8.2 (CSEL 39:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.3CSEL 39:48–49
Et est ibi praeterea arbor sicomori, quae dicitur a patriarchis posita esse; nam iam uetustissima est et ideo permodica est, licet tamen adhuc fructus afferat. Nam cuicumque incommoditas fuerit, uadent ibi et tollent surculos et prode illis est.
And there is besides a sycamore tree there, which is said to have been planted by the patriarchs; for it is already very old and therefore very small, though it still bears fruit. For whoever has an ailment goes there and takes shoots, and it does them good.
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Summary: An ancient sycamore said to be planted by the patriarchs heals the sick.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): sicomori. quae → sicomori, quae.
Topics: Miracles
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 8.3 (CSEL 39:48–49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.4CSEL 39:49
Hoc autem referente sancto episcopo de Arabia cognouimus; nam ipse nobis dixit nomen ipsius arboris, quemadmodum appellant eam graece, id est dendros alethiae, quod nos dicimus arbor ueritatis. Qui tamen sanctus episcopus nobis Ramessen occurrere dignatus est; nam est iam senior * uir, uere satis religiosus ex monacho et affabilis, suscipiens peregrinos ualde bene; nam et in scripturis Dei ualde eruditus est.
We learned this from the account of the holy bishop of Arabia; for he told us the name of that tree, as they call it in Greek, that is, dendros alethiae, which we call the tree of truth. This holy bishop was kind enough to meet us at Rameses; for he is already an elderly man, truly very religious, from being a monk, and affable, receiving pilgrims very well; and he is very learned in the Scriptures of God.
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Summary: The bishop of Arabia, a learned former monk, tells them of the tree.
- The asterisk after senior is in the digital text; nothing seems lost.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): episcepo → episcopo.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 8.4 (CSEL 39:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.5CSEL 39:49
Ipse ergo cum se dignatus fuisset uexare et ibi nobis occurrere, singula ibi ostendit seu retulit de illas statuas, quas dixi, ut etiam et de illa arbore sicomori. Nam et hoc nobis ipse sanctus episcopus retulit, eo quod Farao, quando uidit, quod filii Israhel dimiserant eum, tunc ille, priusquam post illos occuparet, isset cum omni exercitu suo intra Ramesse et incendisset eam omnem, quia infinita erat ualde, et inde post filios Israhel fuisset profectus.
So when he had been kind enough to trouble himself and meet us there, he showed and told us each thing there about those statues I mentioned, and also about that sycamore tree. For the holy bishop also told us this, that Pharaoh, when he saw that the children of Israel had left him, before he set out after them, went with all his army into Rameses and burned it all, because it was very vast, and from there set out after the children of Israel.
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Summary: The bishop tells them that Pharaoh burned Rameses before pursuing Israel.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 8.5 (CSEL 39:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/8-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 9
9.1CSEL 39:49
Nobis autem fortuitu hoc gratissimum euenit, ut ea die, qua uenimus ad mansionem Arabia, pridie a beatissimo die epiphania esset; nam eadem die uigiliae agendae erant in ecclesia. Ac sic ergo aliquo biduo ibi tenuit nos sanctus episcopus, sanctus et uere homo Dei, notus mihi iam satis de eo tempore, a quo ad Thebaidam fueram.
This happened to us by chance most pleasantly, that the day on which we came to the staging post of Arabia was the eve of the most blessed day of Epiphany; for on that day the vigils were to be kept in the church. And so the holy bishop kept us there for some two days, a holy and truly a man of God, already well known to me from the time when I had been in the Thebaid.
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Summary: They arrive at Arabia on the eve of Epiphany.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 9.1 (CSEL 39:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.2CSEL 39:49
Ipse autem sanctus episcopus ex monacho est, nam a pisinno in monasterio nutritus est, et ideo aut tam eruditus in scripturis est, aut tam emendatus in omni uita sua, ut et superius dixi.
This holy bishop is from being a monk, for he was brought up in a monastery from a little child, and therefore he is so learned in the Scriptures and so upright in all his life, as I said above.
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop was raised in a monastery.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 9.2 (CSEL 39:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/9-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.3CSEL 39:49–50
Nos autem inde iam remisimus milites, qui nobis pro disciplina romana auxilia praebuerant, quamdiu per loca suspecta ambulaueramus, iam autem, quoniam ager publicus erat per Egyptum, quod transiebat per Arabiam ciuitatem. id est quodam<linquente mittit de Thebaida in Pelusio, et ideo iam non fuit necesse( castrum milites.
From there we now sent back the soldiers who had given us help for the Roman order as long as we had been walking through suspect places; now, since there was the public highway through Egypt which passed through the city of Arabia, that is, the one which goes from the Thebaid to Pelusium, it was no longer necessary to trouble the soldiers.
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Summary: They dismiss their military escort at the public road.
- The second half is damaged in the digital text; translated by sense.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 9.3 (CSEL 39:49–50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/9-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.4CSEL 39:50
Profiscentes ergo inde totum per terram Gessen fecimus semper inter uineas, quae dant uinum, et uineas quae dant balsamum, et inter pomaria et agros cultissimos et hortos pulcherrimos iter habuimus totum super ripam fluminis Nili inter fundos frequentissimos, quae fuerant quondam uillae filiorum Israhel. Et quid plura? pulchriorem territorium puto me nusquam uidisse, quam est terra Iessen.
So setting out from there through the land of Goshen, we went the whole way among vineyards that give wine and vineyards that give balsam, and among orchards and very well-cultivated fields and very beautiful gardens; we had our route the whole way along the bank of the river Nile among very many estates, which were once the farms of the children of Israel. And what more? I think I have never seen a more beautiful territory than the land of Goshen.
Notes and citation
Summary: Goshen is a land of vineyards, gardens and farms along the Nile.
- The digital text is garbled here (Gess est ubi, et um est); restored by sense from the context.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; restored from context): Gess est ubi → Gessen; et um est quae dant balsamum → et uineas quae dant balsamum; cultissinos → cultissimos; flumin I Nili → fluminis Nili.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 9.4 (CSEL 39:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/9-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.5CSEL 39:50
Ac sic ergo ab Arabia ciuitate iter facientes per biduo totum per terram Gessen peruenimus Tatnis in ea ciuitate, ubi natus est sanctus Moyses. Haec est autem ciuitas Tathnis, quae fuit quondam metropolis Pharaonis.
And so, travelling two days from the city of Arabia, the whole way through the land of Goshen, we came to Tanis, to the city where holy Moses was born. This city of Tanis was once Pharaoh's capital.
Ps 78:12 (77:12 LXX) (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They reach Tanis, said to be Moses's birthplace.
- Tatnis / Tathnis = Tanis (Zoan); the identification as Moses's birthplace is a local tradition.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 9.5 (CSEL 39:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/9-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.6CSEL 39:50
Et licet ea loca, ut superius dixi, iam nossem, id est quando Alexandriam uel ad Thebaidem fueram, tamen quia ad plenum discere uolebam loca, quae ambulauerunt filii Israhel proficiscentes ex Ramesse usque ad montem Dei sanctum Syna, ac sic necesse fuit etiam denuo ad terram Gessen reuerti et inde Tathnis: proficiscentes ergo de Tathnis, ambulans per iter iam notum perueni Pelusio.
And although I already knew those places, as I said above, that is, from when I had been at Alexandria or in the Thebaid, yet because I wished to learn fully the places which the children of Israel walked when they set out from Rameses to Sinai, the holy mountain of God, it was necessary to return again to the land of Goshen and from there to Tanis; so setting out from Tanis, walking by a road already known, I came to Pelusium.
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Summary: Egeria returns by Tanis to Pelusium.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 9.6 (CSEL 39:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/9-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.7CSEL 39:50
Et inde proficiscens denuo, faciens iter per singulas mansiones Egypti, per quas iter habueramus, perueni ad fines Palestinae. Et inde in nomine Christi Dei nostri faciens denuo mansiones aliquot per Palestina regressa sum in Helia, id est in Ierusolimam.
And setting out from there again, travelling through each of the staging posts of Egypt through which we had come, I came to the borders of Palestine. And from there, in the name of Christ our God, again making a number of stages through Palestine, I returned to Aelia, that is, to Jerusalem.
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Summary: She returns to Jerusalem.
- Helia = Aelia (Capitolina), the Roman name of Jerusalem.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 9.7 (CSEL 39:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/9-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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