Quomodo Ferrandus rex Castelle regem Granate vicit in bello.
Ferdinand's Victory over Granada
Ferdinand, king of Castile, conquers the king of Granada and imposes an annual tribute of a thousand gold Marrobortinos.
At the same time, Ferdinand, king of Castile, conquered the king of Granada of the Saracens, so that for many years he also had to pay him tribute — a thousand Marrobortinos in gold each day.
The Discovery of a Trilingual Manuscript in Toledo
A book is discovered hidden within a stone in Toledo, containing wooden leaves inscribed in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
(Ptolemy) On the discovery of a certain book, found in the middle of a stone in Toledo. …of a whole [pidis?] in a hollow, which had what seemed like wooden leaves, written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
A Prophecy of the Three Worlds
The manuscript contains a threefold world history from Adam to the Antichrist, prophesying that in the third world the Son of God will be born of the Virgin Mary and suffer for the salvation of men.
It contained as much text as a psalter, and it spoke of the threefold world from Adam to the Antichrist, setting forth the properties of men.✦ Of the third world it spoke thus: in the third world the Son of God will be born of the Virgin Mary and will suffer for the salvation of men.✦
A Jew Baptized and the Prophecy Fulfilled in Ferdinand's Time
A Jew reads the prophecy and is baptized with his entire household; the manuscript itself states it was to be found in the time of Ferdinand, with a fragmentary citation of Martin.
A Jew, reading this, was baptized with his entire household.✦ It was, however, written there that it was to be found in the time of Ferdinand. (Martin…)
Editorial Colophon
A brief editorial colophon noting the page number and attributing the preceding account to Ptolemy.
p. 400. Ptol )
Read the original Latin
Eodem tempore Ferrandus rex Castelle regem Granate Sarracenorum vicit, ut eciam multis temporibus ei censum daret singulis diebus M Marrobortinos e auri. (Ptol ) De invencione cujusdam libri in medio lapidis in Toleto. pidis integri in concavitate, qui quasi lignea folia habuit, scriptus hebraice, grece et latine. Tan tum habuit de litera, quantum psalterium, et loquebatur de triplici mundo ab Adam usque ad Antecristum proprietates hominum exprimendo. De tercio mundo sic loquebatur: in tercio mundo filius dei nascetur de virgine Maria et pro salute hominum pacietur. Judeus hoc legens cum tota sua familia baptizatus est. Erat autem ibi scriptum, quod tempore Ferrandi deberet inveniri. (Mart.
p. 400. Ptol )
Scripture echoes
- ↩1John.2.18 — Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come; from this we know that it is the last hour.
- ↩Luke.1.26-Luke.1.38;Matt.1.18-Matt.1.25 — In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee whose name was Nazareth, Luke.1.27 — to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary. Luke.1.28 — And coming to her, he said, 'Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.' Luke.1.29 — But she was troubled at his message, and she kept pondering what sort of greeting this might be. Luke.1.30 — And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Luke.1.31 — And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. Luke.1.32 — He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David. Luke.1.33 — And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. Luke.1.34 — But Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not known a man?" Luke.1.35 — And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the one to be born will be called Son of God." Luke.1.36 — And behold, Elizabeth your kinswoman—she too has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren. Luke.1.37 — For nothing will be impossible with God. Luke.1.38 — And Mary said, 'Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.' And the angel departed from her. Matt.1.18 — Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened in this way: after his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. Matt.1.19 — And Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly. Matt.1.20 — But as he was considering these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.' Matt.1.21 — She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. Matt.1.22 — All this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: Matt.1.23 — "Look, the virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call his name Immanuel," which means, "God with us." Matt.1.24 — When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and he took his wife to himself. Matt.1.25 — and he did not know her until she had given birth to a son; and he called his name Jesus.
- ↩Acts.16.15;1Cor.1.16 — And when she was baptized, along with her household, she urged us, saying, 'If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.' And she pressed us to come. 1Cor.1.16 — I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.
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