The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Corpus: Volume 2, L-Z (excluding Tyre)

Description

This is the second of a series of four volumes which are intended to present a complete corpus of all the church buildings, of both the western and the oriental rites, rebuilt or simply in use in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem between the capture of Jerusalem for the First Crusade in 1099 and the loss of Acre in 1291. This volume completes the general topographical coverage begun in volume I, and will be followed by a third volume dealing specifically with the major cities of Jerusalem, Acre and Tyre (which are excluded from the preceding volumes). The project of which this series represents the final, definitive publication, has been sponsored by the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. On completion the corpus will contain a topographical listing of all the 400 or more church buildings of the Kingdom that are attested by documentary or surviving archaeological evidence, and individual descriptions and discussion of them in terms of their identification, building history, and architecture. Some of the buildings have been published before, but many others are published here for the first time.

'When the first volume appeared, it immediately established itself as an indispensable work of reference. Volume two lives up to the high standards of scholarship and presentation that we have now come to expect, and author and publisher deserve our warmest congratulations. It goes without saying that we look forward to the appearance of volume three.' Medieval Archaeology