Ernoul, Chronicle 10.13
created: This entry is taken from Chronicle 10.13 written by Ernoul in ca. 1187 CE. This
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Cesaire

, and

Caesarea

are directly attested at Ernoul, Chronicle 10.13. This passage was written ca. ca. 1187 CE possibly in Palestine. This Chronicle is a pastiche of accounts of the Kingdom of Jerusalem built around a core narrative written in Old French by one Ernoul (Ernoldus), squire to Balian of Ibelin, that focused on events up to 1187; separate versions of the same text with additions continued the historical narrative down to 1229 and 1231. The middle part of the Chronicle is filled with geographical data and biblical references that appear from their incongruity with the historal narrative to be interpolations. The detailed chapter (10) on Nablus, however, most likely includes content by the hand of Ernoul, who stayed over there in the retinue of Balian during his embassy from King Guy of Jerusalem to Count Raymond III of Tripoli in 1187. Here the author notes the situation of Nablus relative to Nazareth, Caesarea, and Jerusalem.

Il a de Naples en Jherusalem XII liues, et de Naples en Nazareth XII liues; et si est Naples en mi voies de Nazareth et de Jherusalem. Or a de Naples à Cesaire sour mer XII liues, et de Naples au flun Jourdain V liues, mais cil fluns n’est mie en cel endroit où Jhesu Cris fu batisiés, car il i a assés plus de Naples là u il fu baptisiés; mais tout est I fluns.

[Ed. Mas Latrie 1871]

It is 12 miles from Nablus to Jerusalem, and 12 from Nablus to Nazareth; and Nablus is midway between Nazareth and Jerusalem. Now from Nazareth to Caesarea on the Sea is 12 miles, and from Nablus to the River Jordan is 5 miles. But that part of the river is not the place where Jesus Christ was baptized, for it is much more from Nablus to the place where he was baptized, but it is all the same river …

[Trans. Pringle 2018]

Works Cited

[...] 113-114 10
[...] 10 13

[Jerusalem

Jordan, River

Nablus

Nazareth]

[Balian of Ibelin

Guy of Jerusalem, king

Jesus Christ

Raymond III of Tripoli, count]

[Christian Bible

Christianity

Crusades

Early Roman History

Geography]