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Said in the 1200s
“Io Chiara, serva di Cristo, pianticella del nostro santo padre Francesco [...].”
Clare of Assisi (1194–1253) said by 1253 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I shall draw... a figure (which all these matters are made clear as far as possible on a surface, but the full demonstration would require a body like the eye... The eye of a cow, pig, and other animals can be used for illustration, if anyone wishes to experiment.”
Roger Bacon (1220–1292) first seen 1100 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: v. i. iii. 3, ed. Bridges as quoted in A.C. Crombie, Robert Grossetest and the Origins of Experimental Science 1100-1700 (1953)
“The chief of Anhilwãra called Bhîm, fled hastily… Yamînu-d daula again started for Somnãt, and on his march he came to several forts in which were many images serving as chamberlains or heralds of Somnãt, and accordingly he (Mahmûd) called them Shaitãn. He killed the people who were in these places, destroyed the fortifications, broke in pieces the idols and continued his march to Somnãt…”
Ibn al-Athir (1160–1233) first seen 1030 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ibn al-Athir The Complete History, Sultãn Mahmûd of Ghazni (AD 997-1030) (Rajasthan and Gujarat) Elliot and Dowson, Vol. II. pp. 469-71
“My posterity has been snatched from me...The young king and the Count of Britanny sleep in dust. Their unhappy mother is forced to live on, ceaselessly tormented by their memory...I have lost the staff of my age, the light of my eyes.”
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124–1204) first seen 1193 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Pope Celestine III (1193), in Amy Kelly, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings (1950), ch. 30
“The primordial Buddhas are saying,”
Dōgen (1200–1253) said by 1253 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As you see double if you push the eye out of its place with your finger; so prelates, through evil counsel, judge a priest to be worthy of two benefices, when he ought to be contented with one.”
John Peckham (1227–1292) said by 1292 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: De Oculo Morali quoted in Georg Herzfeld (ed.) An Old English Martyrology (1900)
“The time of Advent lasts four weeks, because there are four comings of the Lord: in the flesh, in the spirit, at the moment of death, and at the moment of Judgment. (from “'Advent”', p. 5)”
Jacobus de Voragine (1228–1298) said by 1298 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All things are too small to hold me, I am so vast In the Infinite I reach for the Uncreated I have touched it, it undoes me wider than wide Everything else is too narrow You know this well, you who are also there.”
Hadewijch (1200–1260) said by 1260 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The nobles and servants of the State were all Turks of pure origin and Taziks of good stock, but Imadu-d din [an Indian convert] was an eunuch and impotent; he, moreover, belonged to one of the tribe of Hindustan. Notwithstanding all this he exercised authority over the heads of all these chiefs. They were disgusted with this state of affairs and could no longer endure it…”
Minhaj-i-Siraj (1193–1260) said by 1260 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ghiyasu-d din Balban Turkish monopoly of power, Minhaju-s Siraj Minhaju-s Siraj . Elliot and Dowson, vol. II, 300-83, quoted from Jain, M. (editor) (2011). The India they saw: Foreign accounts. New Delhi: Ocean Books. V…
“On se doit assemer en robes et en armes en tel manière que li preudome de cest siècle ne dient que on en face trop, ne les joenes gens de cest siècle ne dient que on en face peu.”
Louis IX of France (1214–1270) said by 1270 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.”
Arnaud Amalric (1160–1225) said by 1225 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh, but, instead, we must be simple, humble and pure.”
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) said by 1226 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Car mieills m'avetz ses doptanssa, Qe·l Vieills l'Asasina gen, Qu'il vant, neis s'eron part Franssa, Tant li son obedien, Aucir sos gerriers mortals.”
Aimeric de Peguilhan (1170–1228) said by 1228 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pos descobrir ni retraire, ll. 28–32. Edited by Pillet-Carstens, in Pakscher and De Lollis, Studj di filologia romanza, vol. 3 (Rome: Ermanno Loescher & Co, 1891) p. 426 (no. 391; cf. no. 397). Translated by Frank M. Ch…
“That the practice of utilizing the spoils of Hindu temples continued throughout the reign of Sultan Iletmish is proved by the Mosque of Ukha in Bayana (Uttar Pradesh), which is also on the site of a Hindu temple…”
Iltutmish (1192–1236) said by 1236 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bayana (Rajasthan) . Syed Mahmudul Hasan, Mosque Architecture of Pre-Mughal Bengal, Dacca (Bangladesh), 1979, p. 39
“Καλύτερα να αισθάνομαι τη συμπόνια, παρά να γνωρίζω τον ορισμό της.”
Θωμάς Ακινάτης (1225–1274) said by 1274 at the latest wikiquote:el, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sweet hymns shall be my chant and woven songs, For Thou art all for which my spirit longs-- To be within the shadow of Thy hand And all Thy mystery to understand. The while Thy glory is upon my tongue, My inmost heart with love of thee is wrung, So though Thy mighty marvels I proclaim, 'Tis songs of love wherewith I greet Thy name.”
Yehuda he-Hasid (1150–1217) said by 1217 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fere lo sol lo fango tutto ’l giorno; Vil riman, ne il sol perde colore.”
Guido Guinizzelli (1230–1276) said by 1276 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Canzone. (Poeti del Primo Secolo, Firenze, 1816, p. 92).
“The seekers on the path of God are a community who are overwhelmed in the ocean of love from head to nail of the foot.”
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (1173–1236) said by 1236 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Like as my ancestors, so did my father Yusuf, son of Zaki Muwajjad, early depart hence. Yet what boots it to quarrel with destiny? Fate spoke, and complaints must be hushed. Yet whose father died not? When I saw him depart to his fathers, I tore his image out of my heart. Whatever has happened to me, bitter or sweet, all I have done is to resign myself.”
Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1214) said by 1214 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Minus enim acceptantur dona, que prestat inuisus. Sane gratiora sunt, que ab amicis porriguntur. Adeo interdum ex offerente oblati precium pendet.”
Saxo Grammaticus (1150–1220) said by 1220 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sec. 4, para. 3 (ed. Karsten Friis-Jensen, 2015; tr. Peter Fisher, 1979)
“I swam in the primordial and ultimate oceans, in eternity and subsistence, and I discovered the unveiling of the Essence and Attributes which deaf stones and lofty mountains cannot endure.”
Ruzbihan Baqli (1128–1209) said by 1209 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Male ulciscitur dedecus sibi illatum, qui amputat nasum suum.”
Peter of Blois (1120–1210) first seen 1189 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: De Hierosolymitana peregrinatione acceleranda (1189), cited from Mary Beth Rose (ed.) Women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1986) p. 29; translation from John Simpson The Con…
“Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.”
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) first seen 1270 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quaestiones disputatae: De caritate (Disputed Questions: On Charity, c. 1270)
“I regret the time I have been eating instead of being in pursuit of learning - for time is precious.”
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1150–1210) said by 1210 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source