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Quotation from Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey de Villehardouin
“he was an old man, and albeit his eyes were unclouded, yet he saw naught, having lost his sight through a wound in the head. He was of a great heart.”
Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople, The Doge and a Number of Venetians Take the Cross, trans. Frank T. Marzials
Villehardouin's portrait of Enrico Dandolo as he resolves to go with the host.
Citation: "he was an old man, and albeit his eyes were unclouded, yet he saw naught, having lost his sight through a wound in the head. He was of a great heart." — Geoffrey de Villehardouin, Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople, The Doge and a Number of Venetians Take the Cross, trans. Frank T. Marzials. (id villehardouin-conquest-of-constantinople-q2)
Virtues: Magnanimity, Fortitude
Portrait: Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Louis Delaistre d’après Claude Jacquand, Public domain.
