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Y así llegamos a la final de nuestra selección textual de la Estoria de Espanna, en este caso un pasaje que se refiere a lo que sucedió inmediatamente después de la conquista de Toledo por los ejércitos de Tariq ibn Ziyad y Musa bin Nusair. Este es el único pasaje de la selección relacionado con el … Continue reading “Texto 5: Cómo el arzobispo de Toledo trasladó las reliquias y libros santos a Asturias tras la caída de Toledo”

And so we come to the final of our five texts from the Estoria de Espanna, which concerns what happened immediately after the conquest of Toledo by the armies of Tariq ibn Ziyad and Musa bin Nusair. This is the only passage we deal with in transcribeestoria which relates to the period after the fall … Continue reading “Text five: the fall of Toledo and the preservation of the Christian relics and books in Asturias”

Nuestro penúltimo texto puede parecer un episodio hasta cierto punto curioso para incluir en una historia de España. Como hemos visto, la primera mitad de la Estoria contiene mucho material relacionado fundamentalmente con la historia romana, en el que a veces ni siquiera se menciona a España. Después el relato nos lleva a la historia de los … Continue reading “Texto 4: Los orígenes del Islam en la Estoria de Espanna. ¿Por qué?”

Our latest text might seem like a curious episode to include in a history of Spain. As we have seen, the first half of the Estoria contains much material which is fundamentally Roman history, and this often doesn’t even mention Spain. It then goes on to give us the history of the Goths, which takes … Continue reading “Text four: why would the Estoria de Espanna contain the origins of Islam?”

Here at transcribeestoria we hope that you are finding the transcription desk easy to use – let us know how it is going in the comments section, or @EstoriadEspanna on Twitter or Facebook. The third text is again from the Roman history section, and it doesn’t even mention Spain at all! It concerns events of … Continue reading “Text three: the importance of Christianity – Helena and the finding of the True Cross”

Looking over your transcriptions of Text 2 has revealed to us something which, in truth, we had already guessed: in general we can see that the level of accuracy of the transcriptions you have done in the last two weeks has improved enormously.  We’ll tell you below the areas that have shown the greatest improvement, … Continue reading “Text 2: review of your transcriptions”

Welcome to the second of our passages. This one is about the emperor Trajan. If you were wondering what this might have to do with the history of Spain, it’s made pretty clear in the opening lines – according to the chronicle he was born in Extremadura! This is the translation of the passage,and we … Continue reading “Text two: Trajan the Spanish emperor”

¡Bienvenidos al primer pasaje en  transcribeestoria ! Durante las próximas dos semanas, usaremos este blog para comentar cualquier cosa que pueda ser de interés. Puede tratarse del contenido del pasaje elegido o de la obra en su conjunto, de las características físicas del manuscrito o de cualquier otro aspecto que tenga que ver con la Iberia … Continue reading “Bienvenidos a transcribeestoria: Texto de esta semana: Julio César y la fundación de Sevilla”

Welcome to the first passage in transcribeestoria! Over the next two weeks, we will use this blog space as a way to discuss anything that might be of interest. This can be to do with the content of the passage and the Estoria as a whole, or with physical features of the manuscript, or anything … Continue reading “Welcome to transcribeestoria – this week’s text: Julius Caesar and the founding of Sevilla”