Noma/eng/fitzste
William FitzStephen (d. ca. 1191)
FitzStephen (eller Fitzstephen) var en av Thomas Beckets nærmeste medarbeidere, og et av øyevitnene til mordet på erkebiskopen. Han skrev en biografi om Thomas Becket, samt en beskrivelse av den edle by London.
Descriptio Nobilissimi Civitatis Londoniae (skrevet senest 1183)
Oversettelse
To this city [London], from every nation that is under heaven, merchants rejoice to bring their trade in ships.
"Gold from Arabia, from Sabaea spice
And incense; from the Scythians arms of steel
Well-tempered; oil from the rich groves of palm
That spring from the fat lands of Babylon;
Fine gems from Nile, from China crimson silks;
French wines; and sable, vair and miniver
From the far lands where Russ and Norseman dwell." (s. 54)
Kommentar
Anonymt vers inspirert av Vergil, Georgica, I.56 ff. og II.114 ff.
Litteratur
William Fitz Stephen, Norman London, with an essay by Sir Frank Stenton, introduction by F. Donald Logan (New York, Italica Press, 1990)
