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Merchant Adventurer Kings of Rhoda
The Strange World of the Tucson Artifacts, 775-900

Completed, in draft form, are the introduction and first section of a new reader I am compiling to help people understand the Medieval Latin and Hebrew and cultural context of the Tucson Artifacts. The working title is Merchant Adventurer Kings of Rhoda. The Strange World of the Tucson Artifacts, 775-900.

Included are rare historical texts translated from Latin, Hebrew, Old French, Greek, and Arabic.

A list of excerpted material from the first section is indicated below:

Section I. Inscriptions and Texts

1. Theodore’s Conquest of Rhoda, 790 (from the Latin)
2. The Whole History, in a Nutshell, 790-900 (from the Latin)
3. Romans Across the Sea, about 800 (from the Latin)
4. Benjamin, Joseph and King Israel III, about 300-900 (from the Latin)
5. Discipline Conquers All, about 800 (from the Latin)
6. They Came to Rome by Sea in A.D. 775 (from the Latin)
7. Jews Calling Themselves Christians (from the Latin)
8. A Hebrew Table of Nations (from the Hebrew)
9. The Death of Oliver (from the Old French)
10. Roland Addresses His Sword Durendal (from the Old French)
11. William of Orange’s Family (from the Old French)
12. No Lineage Matched That of Aymeri (from the Old French)
13. Memorial Stone of a Jew from Italy, about 800 (from the Hebrew)
14. Aëtius, Savior of the Western Empire (Gibbon)

Coming soon: more sections, including Jews and Jewry Law, Newspaper Reports and Mining, and Metallurgy.

Read the introduction and first section of Merchant Adventurer Kings of Rhoda. The Strange World of the Tucson Artifacts, 775-900.