About the Latin
Egeria's account of her journey through the Holy Land, Egypt and Asia Minor is written in a plain, descriptive Latin. It differs from classical prose in spelling, vocabulary and syntax, which is part of what makes it worth reading.
It is long, so it suits a reader who wants a sustained project rather than a single sitting.
How hard is it?
Difficulty 5.4, intermediate.
Every reading in the library has a difficulty score, on a scale that runs from about 1 to 11. Beginner texts sit below 3.5 and Advanced texts above 6.8.
Most demanding here: Sentence length, Subordination. Lighter than most of the library: Vocabulary variety, Rare vocabulary.
What you can read
The reading, each with help on every word.
Librorum Capsula offers the Itinerarium Egeriae as it survives, incomplete at the beginning and the end, from Paul Geyer’s 1898 edition.
Itinerarium Egeriae
A late-antique nun's eyewitness account of her pilgrimage through the Holy Land, Egypt, and Asia Minor, with every written word separately glossed.
Where to start
Itinerarium Egeriae
It is the only Egeria in the catalog. Open it and the reader gives you the Latin with a definition for every word, so you can read at the pace that suits you and look up only what you need.