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Date startStart date of the disease. 1348 +
Date endEnd date of the disease. +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. Aquila
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country Italy
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s) Buccio di Ranallo
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims 2/3 relative +
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s) Plague
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave Black Death
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text Italian
KeywordFurther keyword(s)
last edited 23. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

About the Black Death in Aquila and beyond.

Text originalOriginal text

Lasso questa materia, retorno a l’altra tema, / e comeme de dicere d’una crudele stema: / tamanta fo mortalleta, non è omo a chi non prema, / credo che le duj parti de la genta fo asema. /
Ma no fu solu in Aquila, ma fo in ogni contrada, / no tanto fra Cristiani, m’a‘ Sarracini è stata; / sì generale piaga mai no fo recordata / dal tenpo del diluvio, della gente anegata.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

I’ll leave this matter behind and change my topic / And it seems like talking about a great infortune / mortality was so great it preoccupied all people / I think two thirds of all people died.
It wasn’t only in Aquila, but in all parts [of the world] / not only among Christians, but also with the Muslims. / nobody remembered such a general plague / since people drowned in the time of the deluge.

References

  1. ^ Buccio di Ranallo 
  2. ^ Translation by Martin Bauch 

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