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c.epist.lat.223 317 - 324

Letter of recommendation on behalf of Theophanes of Hermopolis from Vitalis, rationalis, to Delphinius via HGV-meta

Letter of recommendation from Vitalis to Delphinius for Theophanes of Hermopolis. Latin letter of recommendation from Vitalis, a financial official (rationalis), to Delphinius on behalf of Theophanes of Hermopolis in the Thebaid, a scholasticus travelling to the office of Dyscolus. It dates to AD 317-324; the end is lost. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Latin · Latin

Transcription

domino suo Delphinio Vitalis cum in omnibus bonis benignitas tua sit praedita tum etiam scholasticos et maxime qui a me cultore tuo honorificentiae tuae traduntur quod honeste respicere velit non dubito domine praedicabilis quapropter Theofanen oriundum ex civitate Hermupolitanorum provinciae Thebaidos qui ex suggestione domini mei fratris nostri Philippi usque ad officium domini mei Dyscoli vexationem itineris sine ratione quodammodo sustinere videtur[…] [… ? lines lost …]

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To his lord Delphinius, Vitalis. Since your kindness is endowed with every good quality, and especially that it is pleased to look honourably upon scholastici, and above all those who are entrusted by me, your devotee, to your honour, I do not doubt, praiseworthy lord. Wherefore Theophanes, a native of the city of the Hermopolitans of the province of the Thebaid, who at the suggestion of my lord our brother Philippus seems in some way to endure the vexation of a journey, without reason, as far as the office of my lord Dyscolus […] […]

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